Saturday, March 22, 2008

Bakara traders organized attack on troops': Mogadishu mayor


MOGADISHU, Somalia - The mayor of Somalia's chaotic capital has blamed merchants for a bloody battle that killed at least 3 government soldiers yesterday.

Mohamed "Dheere" Omar, the mayor of Mogadishu who also holds the post of Banadir governor, told reporters in the capital Friday that business groups in the city's main Bakara market "organized" the ambush on government soldiers manning checkpoints.

"The al-Shabaab group and the so-called Bakara traders are behind yesterday's attack on government forces," Mayor Mohamed Dheere said,Full story]


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