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Somalia calls for military intervention
[Iran Press TV Latest] Somalia has invited international military to the country to fight against insurgency which recently took its toll on government staffers. On Friday, Somali parliament speaker called on the Muslim world and the international community to help quell the wayward trend through military options, a Press TV correspondent reported. Speaking at a press conference in the presidential palace in the capital, Mogadishu, the official, Sheikh Aden Mohamed Nur regretted the country's incapacity to confront the insurgents without international assistance. The comments were reportedly triggered by a Thursday suicide blast, which killed Somali Security Minister Omar Hashi Aden and former Somali ambassador to Ethiopia Abdulkarim Ibrahim Lakanyo alongside 20 others. The attack, north of Mogadishu, was apparently conducted by the notorious al-Shabaab insurgents. Al-Shabaab fighters, who broke their promise of non-violence to the government, have embarked on making conquests across the country and confronting pro-government militias. Kenya and Ethiopia have so far voiced inclination to rise up to the militancy. Posted by: Fred 2009-06-20 |
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