First off the term “militants” is BBC-speak for Islamofascists. This reminds me of stories that I have seen on documentaries about foreigners and locals who were living in Nazi Germany and they would listen to the foreign radio with one ear pressed up against the radio and the other ear listening to hear if someone (the Gestapo) were coming up the stairs. The penalties for listening to the BBC and other world radios were concentration camps or worse and even children were taught to denounce and spy on their parents!
hat tip –Robin Shepard
Somali militants have threatened football fans they will be publicly flogged – or worse – if they are caught watching the World Cup on TV.
Gangs of Islamists are reported to be patrolling the areas they control looking for people watching games
Dedicated fans are watching matches in secret, or in the few areas controlled by government forces.
On Saturday militants killed two people as they attacked a house where people were watching a game.
Militant group Hizbul-Islam also arrested 10 others at the house north-east of the capital Mogadishu where fans were watching the game between Argentina and Nigeria.
‘Mad men’
A spokesman for the group, Sheikh Mohamed Abdi Aros said the rest of Somalia should respect their ban on the World Cup.
A spokesman for the group, Sheikh Mohamed Abdi Aros said the rest of Somalia should respect their ban on the World Cup.
“We are warning all the youth of Somalia not to dare watch these World Cup matches. It is a waste of money and time and they will not benefit anything or get any experience by watching mad men jumping up and down,” he said
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