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Uganda Says 12 Killed in Somalia Shabaab Attack
[An Nahar] Uganda's military said on Monday it had lost 12 soldiers in an attack claimed by Shabaab Lions of Islam in southern Somalia.The al-Qaeda linked murderous Moslems ambushed Ugandan troops that are part of an 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 as they patrolled a supply route in the hotly-contested Lower Shebelle region, the military said in a statement. "From the battlefield, it is now confirmed that UPDF lost 12 gallant soldiers with seven sustaining injuries," the statement from the Uganda Peoples’ Defence Forces said. Witnesses told AFP the attack occurred in the village of Golweyn, some 120 kilometres (74 miles) from the capital Mogadishu. The AU mission AMISOM said an improvised bomb (IED) was used in an ambush of a convoy composed of its troops and Somali forces. "A lot of damage was inflicted on the enemy while our troops took fatalities whose number is yet to be ascertained," the mission said on Twitter. A Shabaab front man on Sunday told a radio station linked to the group that the murderous Moslems had killed 39 soldiers, a claim that could not be independently verified. Posted by: Fred 2017-08-01 |
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