Adversaries turn friends - Classic example of Somali conflict
In my early days reporting for Reuters in Somalia, I remember hearing two militiamen saying how they missed each others head in a battle field earlier that morning when they disrupted our sleep with barrages of mortar bombs, heavy artilery and bursts of automatic fire. The same afternoon, as we sat outside my office sipping sweet Somali tea, two adversaries who fought against each other earlier "Warya, did you see how I missed your head by inches?" quipped one of the militiamen. His supposed victim's response was even colder, like in thriller movies. "Was that you? - Ooh my, I think my shot also whizzed past you as well. You lucky enemy you nearly took me out!" They then laughed it off and immediately changed their topic of discussion to speak about business as if nothing happened! Well that is Somalia for. Recently, the Federal Government in Mogadishu dispatched hundreds of troops to Somalia's southern-most fishing town of Ras Kamboni bordering Keny...