Is there a worldwide lutefisk shortage? No, the Islamicist takeover of Somalia has apparently ended:
For the first time in more than a decade, an internationally recognized government is operating in Mogadishu after driving out the Islamic courts movement that wanted to rule Somalia by the Quran. Although trouble is always lurking in this violent, gun-infested country, the reign of the widely feared Islamic courts appears to be over.
Minnesotans' hearts are broken. As Salah Warsame, 47, of Minneapolis said of the Somali Taliban, "They made the whole country a respectable place."
They're a bit jollier in Somalia than in the Gopher State. With no Islamic courts, no sharia laws, and no more being publicly flogged for listening to music, people are even doing a little celebrating:
For hundreds of young men, the promise of a brighter future and the Somali government's victory over a fundamentalist Islamic movement were symbolized by a flickering blue screen in a dusty Mogadishu movie theater."This is freedom and entertainment," Ahmed Abdi Ali said Tuesday as an Indian movie about a torrid love triangle played — the kind of film that was banned by the Muslim militants. "The Islamic courts are gone."
I don't think Salah Warsame would approve.
UPDATE:
Surrender Dorothy?
I'm wondering why Salah Warsame didn't pack up her burkhas and hop an alcohol and dog-free Sammie cab to the Minneapolis airport for a flight back home to the Islamic Council of Courts' "respectable" Somalia.
As for all of the limb and extremity chopping going on in Chopitoffistan, when they get done hacking themselves to bits, I can only hope they've been thorough enough to ensure that nobody has a finger left to push the button on any of the many nuclear weapons the Pakis have built. Someone carting off nukes is a more immediate threat than Iran! I mean, if Musharraf gets chopped off tomorrow in another assassination attempt, who retains control of Pakistan's nuclear weapons?!
Posted by: tfhr at January 6, 2007 11:26 AM