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Kenyan warplanes hit al-Shabab base in Somali village
[Iran Press TV]  Kenyan fighter jets have pounded a base, run by Somalia's al-Shabaab ... Somalia's version of the Taliban, functioning as an arm of al-Qaeda... fighters in the southern region of lower Juba, reportedly causing casualties and damage, Press TV reports. Local residents said on Thursday the missiles fired by the warplanes on Wednesday struck the fighters' outpost in the Birta-Dheer village near the strategic Kismayu port. "We heard several blasts on the outskirts of Birta-Dheer on Wednesday. We can't confirm how many people died in the attacks," said local resident Ibrahim Hassan. The Somali military confirmed that the Kenya has already carried out similar Somalia has not had an effective central government since 1991, when warlords overthrew former dictator Mohamed Siad Barre. The weak Western-backed transitional government in Mogadishu has been battling al-Shabaab for the past five years and is propped up by a 10,000-strong African Union ...a union consisting of 53 African states, most run by dictators of one flavor or another. The only all-African state not in the AU is Morocco. Established in 2002, the AU is the successor to the Organisation of African Unity (OAU), which was even less successful... force from Uganda, Burundi, and Djibouti. Posted by: Fred 2012-08-11 |
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