What Happened in Mogadishu between 29 March and 1 April 2007?

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Does any one remember the death and destruction unleashed by the invading Ethiopian Army on Mogadishu between 29 March and 1 April 2007? In just 4 unforgettable days, the invading army commanded by Colonel Ghebre incinerated a heavily populated area in the Capital estimated at 10 kilometres.  A Committee appointed by the Hawiye Elders to assess the damage came up with the following harrowing statistics, including the following

Death:                                     1068  (children, women, elderly and young men)
Injury:                                    4344
Displacement:                        1.4 million
Crimes against humanity:    mass detention, torture, and rape, dead bodies paraded and refused proper burial
Property loss:                        $1.5 billion worth of public & private properties destroyed
Hospitals:                               6 destroyed 
Schools:                                  275 schools catering for 155,300 pupils
Universities:                           13 universities catering for 5,800 students
Qur’anic schools:                   1096 catering for 56,760 learners
Industries:                             36 factories
Source: This assessment was published on Hiiraan Online on 10 April 2007.
                                                At the Ethiopian Embassy inside Villa Somalia

I do not know where those in the photo above with the Ethiopian Ambassador inside Villa Somalia were in those days and what they remember or do not remember. The Mayor of Mogadishu was possibly in the UK as the picture below shows (what an irony). 


 The Deputy Prime Minister was probably in Ethiopia.  There is a video of him addressing an audience in Ethiopia in Amharic. Informed sources indicate that the Deputy Prime Minister of Somalia is an Ethiopian with an Ethiopian passport. 

Hon. Abdi Hashi is seen by most Somalis as a decent and patriotic Somali. It is tragic to see him in this bizarre spectacle and strange company.

Nations with a long history of hostilities can improve relations and jointly chart a better future. However, this can only happen in a diplomatic tango involving two  free and equal parties. 




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