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Al-Shabaab fighters capture Somali border town
Somali opposition gunmen drive the government troops out of a southern town despite a recent agreement with the incumbent Somail president.
What's an agreement worth if it can't be broken?
On Monday, Al-Shabaab fighters engaged with the soldiers forcing them out of the El Barde town on the common border with Ethiopia, a Press TV correspondent reported quoting a local Sheikh Dahir Aliyow Moumin.

The troops were seen fighting a rearguard action while fleeing towards the border. Ten soldiers reportedly died in the battle which caused no civilian casualties.

The recent development comes in breach of a peace agreement signed in February between the UIC - al-Shabaab's political front - and President Sheikh Sharif Sheikh Ahmed.
Posted by: Fred 2009-03-03
http://www.rantburg.com/poparticle.php?ID=263968