Talk:Mogadishu

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[edit] The post-colonial and pre-collapse period

This account of Mogadishu has nothing to say about 45 years of its history, from 1945 to 1990. A gaping hole, to say the least! Rick Davies

[edit] Warlord

(Mohamed Farad Aidid?)

[edit] Madagascar

I read somewhere that Madagascar got its name from misunderstood reports of Mogadishu by Marco Polo. True?

[edit] The Portuguese=

There is no evidence that the Portuguese ever owned / ruled Mogadishu. See "The Portuguese visited the city, but never succeeded in taking it." at [1] Rick Davies

[edit] Italian name

I removed

(Italian: Mogadiscio) -?

can't see why this is in any way significant for the English language Wikipedia. --Robert Merkel 13:26, 29 Jul 2004 (UTC)

It was an Italian colony, and Mogadiscio was what the city was called during that period. Rick Davies

[edit] Status of Somalia

Because of the current status of Somalia it is probably improper to characterize Mogadishu as a national capital. Taking the term Somalia to be a region, one could say "Mogadishu is the largest city in Somalia," but IMO there is no reason to say "Mogadishu is the capital of Somalia" when the provisional government is nothing more than provisional. --Alexwcovington (talk) 17:18, 8 Jan 2005 (UTC)

And when Somaliland, in the NW has been functionally independent since the early 90's with their own capital, Hargeysa. Rick Davies

It might make sense then to simply explain that while Mogadishu is the official capital of the provisional government, Somaliland has been functionally independent since the early 1990s. L Hamm 17:38, 1 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Choice of Photo

Am I the only one who thinks it's unfortunate that the one photo chosen for this article is of the Black Hawk helicopter? I suspect that while this describes what Mogadishu brings to mind for an American, other images would be more relevant to the residents of the city. A public square or market, perhaps?

--User:Vorpalbla 1/23/05

There are many other photos to choose from at http://www.swan.ac.uk/cds/rd/mogimage.htm Rick Davies

[edit] Backs hacks incident leading to World trade center

Well, I think this is higly speculative and has no place in that king of article. I will remove that paragraphe and I think it should not come back unless more background is brought there. --Martin.komunide.com 05:46, 3 October 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Landshut?

The subheader "Anarchy and the Americans", due to its placing between the "historic" and "today" section, makes it very hard to add an event that IMHO belongs here. I don't know how strong the connection is in England or the US, but in Germany the first association with the word "Mogadishu" is the liberation of the Landshut hostages, mentioned in various other Wikipedia articles.

Suggestion:

"1977 the German anti-terror unit GSG 9 liberated the hijacked Lufthansa airliner Landshut on the city airport. (See Red Army Faction or German Autumn for details.)"

[edit] not Swahili

Removed this claim:

, another version claims that it is a Somali version of the Swahili "mwyu ma" (last northern city)

That doesn't look like any kind of Swahili to me, and it's not the Swahili for 'last' or 'north' or 'city' (mji).

[edit] Arms Supply

Who supplies arms to the Islamic Court Union? I read in the Islamic Court Union article that Ethiopia does. However, in this article, Eritrea is the supplier. Who's the real supplier? Wai Hong 05:34, 6 June 2006 (UTC)

  • All news reports I've seen say that Ethiopia supplies arms to the ICU, and Eritrea supplies arms to the rival warlords.--Pharos 05:53, 8 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Five Black Hawks Down?

How about a link to a source, referencing the additional three downed helicopters? I've only ever heard about the two that went down in the city. Thanks!

[edit] Map of Mogadishu

Is anyone else interested in putting together an up-to-date map of Mogadishu? I've been frustrated by the lack of information forthcoming from the media about the exact locations of the warlords, the Islamic courts, the provisional government etc. I'm also thinking of creating a larger map of Somalia, showing current and recent positions of the various warlords, the Islamic courts and Ethiopian incursions. Anyone? Polocrunch 18:18, 23 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] The Treaty of 1891.

Mogadishu became Italian after the treaty of March 24, 1891. The Italian emissary who signed the treaty was Vincenzo Filonardi.

[edit] Photos

 It is requested that a photograph or photographs be included in this article to improve its quality, if possible.
Wikipedians in Somalia may be able to help!

Many of the photos currently on the page are of poor quality and/or have dubious copyright licenses. It would be nice to get some high-quality free images posted here. -- Beland 19:59, 25 December 2006 (UTC)

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