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| Somalia: 6 killed in fierce battle in Somalia's Wajid district |
| 2008-10-27 |
| (SomaliNet) At least six were killed amidst battle between the Somali government soldiers and the Islamic hardliners of Al-shabab on Friday in Somalia's southern town of Wajid district which is some 350KM from the Somali capital Mogadishu. Sources say the combat was so heavy and both the warring sides have exchanged heavy weaponries such as rocket propel grenades, artillery, cannons, and mortars, and eventually the forces of Al-shabab were overrun and the town fell into the hands of the government soldiers. "I have seen the dead bodies of 6 of the local residents of Wajid district with my naked eyes, but I cannot whose bullet they were hit" said Aliyow Iman a local resident speaking to Somaliweyn radio. "This mission is part of mass eradication which we have earlier announced to eliminate the so called Al-shabab, and we shall continue to fight them till the last minute comes" said the regional commissioner of Bakool Mohamed Moalim speaking to Somaliweyn correspondent in the southern town of Baidoa the current base of the Somali transitional federal government. The latest reports from Wajid district confirms that the all have now returned to normal on Saturday, and still the town is under the authority of the Somali government after ousting the Al-shabab group. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #1 Oh noes! Worse than the Stalingrad Tractor Factory I tells ya. |
| Posted by: ed 2008-10-27 08:20 |