Sufis Raise Army, Route Somali Fanatics


	Sufis Raise Army, Route Somali Fanatics

Gul Agha

3-16-2009 11:01 PM

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somalia, sufism, africa, islamists

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						Alshabab are on the run, from Central Somali and the Ahlu Suna Waljamacah the Sufi group army is hot on their heels.</DIV></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.americanchronicle.com/articles/view/94534"><DIV>That would have been unthinkable just a few months ago. Until recently, most analysts and even Somali leaders had viewed the conflict as a no-win situation.</DIV>
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Now, many of the same observers say that the Alshabab have been rendered toothless, and their bloodshed is near an end.</DIV></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.americanchronicle.com/articles/view/94534"><DIV>
Shabab have lost several key cities in the past including Dhusamreeb. Ceelbuur District  was the only remaining stronghold of the group, but Sufi Ahlu SUna Waljama forces have boxed them in there.</DIV></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.americanchronicle.com/articles/view/94534">Shabab´s elusive cult leader</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.americanchronicle.com/articles/view/94534">who introduced deadly suicide bombings into the terrorists´ armory, still in Control some territory in Southern Somalia.</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.americanchronicle.com/articles/view/94534"><DIV>
How did the Sufi the Ahlu Suna WalJamacah turn the tables on the Shabab, once considered invincible? And is this really the end of a terrorist group that has in the past managed to regroup and return with all guns blazing after the Ethiopian withdrawal was coming?</DIV></blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/C86F50B4-9E6F-4A91-869B-B4D60A76A3F5/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>

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