Rebels rush to Mogadishu, residents fear more bloodshed

Though I feel for the Innocent people of Somalia , Most of which have fled the country ,  I have no pity for what happens there !  Somalia has been handed , several times , a new lease on a calm country ! They have continuously pissed it away ! They have no respect for life !   Somalia will most definitely fall to radical Muslims , And the rest of the world will watch ( Nobody Wants any part of this one ), we only have to figure out how to stop them from spreading their Disease outside of the little Cesspool that is Somalia

MOGADISHU (Reuters) - Rebel reinforcements rushed to Mogadishu
Saturday to confront a government offensive after one of the bloodiest
days of combat in the Somali capital in months.

"The fighting in Mogadishu will intensify the coming days," an opposition source said.

At least 45 people were killed and 200 wounded Friday in clashes between Islamist insurgents and pro-government forces.

Neighboring states and Western governments fear Somalia, which has
been mired in civil war for 18 years, could become a haven for
militants linked to al Qaeda unless the new government can defeat them.


Islamist insurgents took up arms in 2007 to drive out invading
Ethiopian troops propping up a Western-backed government which failed
to wield any control over swathes of the Horn of Africa nation.

Since then, fighting has killed at least 17,700 civilians and driven
more than 1 million from their homes. About 3 million Somalis survive
on emergency food aid.
The United Nations refugee agency UNHCR says 49,000 people have fled fighting in Mogadishu in the past two weeks.

Al Shabaab, which Washington says has close ties to al Qaeda, and
Islamist guerrilla group Hizbul Islam have been spearheading attacks on
the government, allied militia and African Union peacekeepers.