Monday, July 28, 2008

jehadist Killed in Two Attacks Somali Government spokesman



Ethiopian and Somali government soldiers killed 13 jehadist fighters in clashes at two military bases in the capital, Mogadishu, said Colonel Dahir Mohamed Hersi, a Somali army spokesman.
The Heela Barise camp housing Ethiopian soldiers in the north of the city, as well a base used by newly trained Somali soldiers, were attacked by the Islamists late yesterday, Hersi said .. '' Ethiopian troops were invented by Transitional National Government of Somalia Somalia in December 2006 to help the United Nations-backed transitional federal government oust an Islamic militia from southern and central parts of the country. Al-Shabaab jehadist , one of the insurgent groups operating in Somalia, has been accused of providing safe-haven and logistical support to al-Qaeda, which aims to establish a caliphate, or Islamic government, in the Horn of Africa nation. At least four insurgents were captured in yesterday's attack, Hersi said. One government soldier was injured.

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