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Al shabaaba claims killing Southwest army officials in attack
2017-07-15
[SHABELLENEWS] The Militants with the Al Qaeda-linked Al shabaab claimed killing two Southwest state army officials during an attack in the outskirts of Hudur town on Thursday.

Pro-al shabaab online site reported that the attack took place at after fighters ambushed army convoy Aboore, small village, 25Km away from Hudur district.

Al shabaab indentified the two commanders as Hussein Hassan Guduud and Calow Madliif who were killed in the ambush attack on the Southwest army convoy.

However,
those who apply themselves too closely to little things often become incapable of great things...
Southwest did not say a word on the attack claimed by Al shabaab.

Al shabaab often carries out such ambushes on Somali, regional and 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...
forces in south and central Somalia, in a bid to topple the UN-backed government
Posted by:Fred

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