Somali Violence Explodes As Stabilization Fails

The insurgent forces launched an offensive against
the transitional government on May 7. Photo AFP


From Yahoo News/AP:

NAIROBI, Kenya – After months of hopeful glimmers in one of the most explosive countries in the world, violence again is roiling Somalia as mortars, machine-gun fire and rockets pound the bloodstained capital.
More than 100 people, mostly civilians, have been slaughtered in a week and thousands are streaming out of Mogadishu as insurgents close in on the presidential palace. The Western-backed government is struggling to survive.

All this comes as Somalia's government, formed in January, tries to quell the insurgency by accommodating its stated goal of an Islamic state. A former Islamist insurgent was elected president this year and promised to strike a deal with his ex-comrades, implementing Shariah law to appease them.

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