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20 die in battle for Mogadishu
[Iran Press TV]  The latest round of fighting for control of neighborhoods in the Somali capital Mogadishu has left at least twenty people dead.
Ten government soldiers also sustained injuries, the Press TV correspondent in Mogadishu reported. Also, two non-combatants were killed and four others suffered injuries as the two sides exchanged heavy fire with assault weapons and barrages of mortar shells were fired. In a separate incident, 15 people bit the dust and 20 others were maimed on Saturday when al-Shaboobs turned on members of the rival Ahlu Sunna Waljama'a group and clashed with them in northern Mogadishu. Boilerplate follows... Somalia has not had a functioning government since 1991, when warlords overthrew former dictator Mohamed Siad Barre. Over the past two decades, up to one million people have bit the dust in the fighting between rival factions and due to famine and disease. There are more than 1.4 million internally displaced people (IDPs) in Somalia. More than 300,000 IDPs are sheltering in Mogadishu alone. Most of the displaced live in poor and degrading conditions on makeshift sites in southern and central Somalia, according to the United Nations, aka the Oyster Bay Chowder and Marching Society High Commissioner for Refugees. Posted by: Fred 2011-02-27 |
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