From: Biniam Haile \(SWE\) (eritrea.lave@comhem.se)
Date: Fri Aug 01 2008 - 18:23:23 EDT
Somalia- Islamists ambush Ethiopian military convoy in southern Somalia
Friday 1 August 2008, Mareeg Online
Reports from Yaqbari Weyne and Balidogle in Lower Shabelle Region,
southern Somalia, say that the Somali Islamic Front [FIS] fighters
ambushed an Ethiopian military convoy last night residents said.
Spokesman for the FIS group Farhan Moge told Mareeg online that the
Ethiopian troops have suffered huge losses.
"he FIS fighters attacked the enemy, who were in 25 battle wagons, in an
area between Yaqbari Weyne and Balidogle localities" Farhan said" the
enemy troops are now spreading themselves in these two localities"
Sources close in the warred area said that the two warred sides were not
far from each other that might increase the causalities of the two
sides.
There have been frequent random killing and explosions, mostly roadside
bombs targeting at Somali government security forces, Ethiopian soldiers
and AU peacekeepers, in Mogadishu since Somali government declared an
end of major conflicts in the capital late April.
Government officials blame insurgent groups for the upsurge in violence
in the capital in Somalia as the islamists accuse the Ethiopian backed
Somali troops of committing war crimes and massive killings.
Somali has been without an effective national government since the
overthrow of former ruler Mohamed Siyad Barre.
By: Abdi Guled
Email: naasir0513@hotmail.com
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