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Six Somali Fighters Killed In Clash
At least six al-Shabaab ... successor to the Islamic Courts... fighters have been killed in the latest spate of violence between Somalia's government-allied forces and the group in a southern Somali border town, Press TV reports. The clash broke out on Thursday after al-Shaboobs attacked a convoy carrying Somalia's Ahlu Sunna Waljama militias and Ethiopian troops in the Bohol-Bashir village, 37 kilometer east of the Luuq district in Gedo region. The front man for Ahlu Sunna Waljama said al-Shabaab forces attacked the convoy as it was heading to Yurkud from Luuq. "Anti-government forces attacked our convoy, include Ethiopian soldiers, but we repelled them. We have killed 6 rebels," said Sheikh Abdullahi Abdirahman (Al-Qadi). However, death is not the end. There remains the litigation over the estate... al-Shabaab officials claimed they killed dozens of Ethiopian troops, burning five of their armored vehicles. "We have ambushed Ethiopian infidels' convoy near Luuq after they went over landmines that we buried; we burned down five of their military vehicles and killed several of their soldiers," Sheikh Abdiaziz Abu Mus'ab, al-Shabaab's military front man told their own radio station late on Thursday. Bohol-Bashir is located in the West of Gedo, near the borders with Ethiopia and Kenya and has been under al-Shabaab control since 2009. Posted by: trailing wife 2012-03-31 |
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