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Violence kills 25 across Somalia
At least 25 people have been killed and scores others maimed in a new wave of violence that rocked different parts of war-torn Somalia, Press TV reports.As many as 12 people, including five government soldiers, died in the capital Mogadishu's northern neighborhoods of Yaqshid and Hiliwa on Saturday as fierce festivities broke out between al-Shabaab  ... Somalia's version of the Taliban, functioning as an arm of al-Qaeda... beturbanned goons and Somalia's transitional government forces. Meanwhile, ...back at the pond, the radioactive tadpoles grown into frogs. Really big frogs, in fact... seven civilians, among them three women, were killed after mortar shells landed in the city's neighborhoods of SOS, Shalamo-Wayeel, Ex-Control Balad, Ramadhan Hotel, and Industrial Street. The mortar attacks had been launched in response to al-Shabaab's attacks on military bases in the same areas. "Several beturbanned goons attacked our positions along the Ex-Control Balad Junction today, but we repulsed them. We killed several al-Shaboobs including their bigwigs," said Omar Abdullah Ja'afar, a Somali military commander. Ambulance workers said they took 10 maimed people to various hospitals in Mogadishu. Meanwhile, ...back at the pond, the radioactive tadpoles grown into frogs. Really big frogs, in fact... six people were killed and 15 others maimed after a truck carrying Somali government troops stumbled on a landmine near Mother and Child Hospital in the southern district of Banadir. Posted by: trailing wife 2011-12-05 |
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