MOGADISHU (Reuters) - Somalia's warring parties pounded each other with artillery in Mogadishu on Friday after an African Union military aircraft defied a rebel ban on planes using the capital's international airport.witnesses said at least 15 people were killed.
The bombed-out city's airport had been abandoned since Tuesday after Islamist insurgents from the hardline al Shabaab group vowed to shoot down any aircraft trying to land there. more..http://www.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idUSLJ57197420080919
The bombed-out city's airport had been abandoned since Tuesday after Islamist insurgents from the hardline al Shabaab group vowed to shoot down any aircraft trying to land there. more..http://www.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idUSLJ57197420080919
Somali Insurgents Aim Mortars At Peacekeeper Plane
(AP) Deadly street battles broke out Friday after insurgents fired mortars at an African Union cargo plane, making good on a threat to attack any aircraft using the capital's main airport, officials said.The aircraft landed safely and was not hit, said Eydurus Sheik, an immigration officer. But within hours, the capital was rocked by violence as government forces battled the Islamic militants, witnesses said.At least seven civilians were killed, according to Mogadishu resident Said Nur Farah, whose brother was among the dead. more..http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2008/09/19/ap/africa/main4460692.shtml
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