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Govt troops clash with Al Shabaab in Bay region
BAIDOA, Somalia -- The Somali Federal Government troops aided by Ethiopian forces have reportedly clashed with Al Shabaab militants in Bay region of Southern Somalia on Thursday, Garowe Online reports.

Local reports say, the fighting erupted between Bay regional districts of Ufurow and Awdiinle after truckloads of Somali government forces attacked a roadblock set up by Al Shabaab militia men.
How many government forces?
Truckloads of government forces!
According to witnesses ten people from the opposing sides died in the battle and Al Shabaab fighters bravely ran away fled the vicinity after Ethiopian troops reinforced the Somali government forces.
So the truckloads of gummint troops needed the Æthiops to bail them out...
Five soldiers have been brought at Baidoa General Hospital for medical treatment, officials said.

Somalia Federal Government officials in Bay region told the media that they wanted to dislodge Al Shabaab from a strategic road connecting Bay to the border region of Gedo.

On the other hand, a spokesman for the Al Qaeda linked Al Shabaab group said that they were attacked by Ethiopian troops but declined to disclose the casualty figures on their side.
Too busy fleeing...
Al Shabaab is said to have barred trucks carrying commercial commodities from entering Gedo region.

Bay and Bakool regions in southern Somalia have been witnessing sporadic fighting between Federal Government of Somalia's military forces and Al Shabaab extremists. The Mogadishu-based Federal Government seeks to re-assert full control over the war-raved southern Somalia where Al Shabaab remains increasingly isolated as Somali-AMISOM forces removed the militants from a string of strategic towns.
Posted by: Steve White 2013-10-26
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