Somalian Band Beaten for Playing Music
 

I guess this is their idea of bringing order and calm to Mogadishu:

http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/africa....ap/index.html

Somalia bears watching...terrorists thrive in lands with no effective government, such as Lebanon, Afghanistan...

Don't worry,....we're watching!! :D

Big moves by the Islamic courts in the last few months. Pretty significant moves have bolstered quite a bit of concern from bordering countries. It's always been a place to watch, but more recently (post OIF) there's been a great deal of new Islamic movements within the whole horn. Lessons learned have a way of making their way back to the places like this and become the TTP for the next generation of recruits.

Nothing new, just a thought.

Iraq

beating a band for playing music...Mmmmm.

Were they playing boy band music like Backstreet Boys or N'Sync? If that were the case then we are talking about a thoroughly justified event here.

SFC W

LOL
Or what about rap? If it was rap...

i've heard Somali music...the beating may have been justified...

National Dance Team from Sudan
 

Got to go to a show put on by the National Dance Team from Sudan. In a little play house near the Mahdi's Tomb in Omdurman.

I'll stop here.:D

Pete

i'll bet it sounded a lot like someone skinning a cat with a chainsaw, complete with foot stomps, hand claps and the occassional Rebel yell...:D

Purple High Tops
 

The purple high tops everybody was wearing was the perfect touch.:D

Pete

don't know if it was the same guys or the same shoes...LA Dodger or NY Yankee ball caps...haute couture for East Africa...

i'm going to hell anway...so BWAAAA!

OMG! I'm dying here! I've got tears in my eyes from laughing!

What he said!:D

Well, you may hear that music again.

TR