[dehai-news] (Press TV) 24 Ethiopian troops killed in Somalia


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From: Biniam Haile \(SWE\) (eritrea.lave@comhem.se)
Date: Sat Aug 02 2008 - 07:35:32 EDT


24 Ethiopian troops killed in Somalia

Sat, 02 Aug 2008 10:05:47
 
  
At least 24 Ethiopian soldiers have been killed in heavy clashes with
the Union of Islamic Courts (UIC) fighters in southern Somalia.
 
The remaining Ethiopian soldiers started to flee the Jiro Kulow
district, which lies between the Lower Shabelle and Bay Region in
southern Somalia, Press TV correspondent in the country reported.
 
A military vehicle which belonged to Ethiopian soldiers was further
destroyed in a land mine explosion, our correspondent added.
 
The Somali transitional federal government has plunged into a new round
of conflict over the dismissal of the mayor of Mogadishu.
 
Mohamed Omar Habeeb Dheere was sacked by Prime Minister Nur Hassan
Hussein for 'Dheere's failing to bring peace and stability to the
capital and lack of competence in administration'.
 
However, Somali President Abdullahi Yusuf Ahmed has reportedly
reinstated Dheere, who controls a large contingent of militia that has
been fighting alongside the US-backed Ethiopian troops against the UIC
fighters.
 
Dheere joined the government after US-backed Ethiopian troops invaded
Somalia in 2006 and overthrew the UIC.
 
Thousands of civilians have been killed and at least one million people
have been displaced since the ouster of UIC out of Mogadishu.
 
AKM/DT
 

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