mostly Hawiye.Terrorist Insurgents Attack African Union Troops

Somali al shabaab Terrorist insurgents and the AU troops exchanged fire at Km 4, where Ugandan peacekeepers have a unit. According to residents in the neighbouring Hodon, Waberi and Madina districts, shots were heard just before Daku, the late supper had by Muslims during the fasting season.A nearby mosque was also destroyed by the gunfire.The Amisom spokesman, Maj. Barigye Ba-Hoku, stated that the attack took place after 3:00am"We repulsed the attackers and sustained no casualties. We are alert," he added.According to residents, four civilians sustained injuries although Maj. Ba-Hoku could not ascertain whether they were insurgents or civilian victims caught in crossfire.The Amisom spokesman also expressed surprise that the insurgents could attack the peacekeepers during Ramathan, a Muslim fasting season, where peace is emphasised.Al-Shabaab, an Islamist group fighting the Transitional Federal Government and its allies claimed responsibility through its website.On August 14, Amison soldiers came under attack from insurgents as they carried out a demining operation near Mogadishu airport.
one Ugandan peacekeeper was killed in the attack. Perhaps the most fatal attack on the peacekeepers was on May 16, 2007, when Amisom troops on patrol in Mogadishu came under insurgents' fire, leaving four Ugandan peacekeepers dead and six others injured.

Security forces on high alert in Somalia capital to secure airport

APA-Mogadishu (Somalia) The Somali military and police forces have been put on high alert to defend Mogadishu’s Aden Ade airport from Islamist threats to close it down, as the deadline set by Alshabab for the closure of the airport expired last night.
Hundreds of heavily armed police and soldiers were deployed early on Tuesday morning along all roads leading to the airport. more ..http://www.apanews.net/apa.php?page=show_article_eng&id_article=75457