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| Africa Horn |
| Somali Shebab Attack Army Camp, Killing Several |
| 2015-06-30 |
| [AnNahar] Several Somali soldiers were killed overnight Sunday when Shabaab fighters attacked a base in the southern Kismayo region, officials and witnesses said Monday. The attack is the latest in a string of assaults by the al-Qaeda-affiliated krazed killers, who last week stormed a base manned by the 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 Somalia (AMISOM), killing dozens. Heavy gunfire was reported late Sunday for several hours, with the Shabaab briefly taking over the camp near Kismayo and beheading some of those captured before looting supplies and leaving, witnesses said. "There was heavy fighting that left several of the soldiers dead," said security official Abdirashid Moalim, speaking from Kismayo. "There were machine guns and rockets, and the fighting ended when the soldiers were overpowered," said Abdi Bakar, a witness, who said he had seen nine bodies. On Friday, the Shabaab attacked an AMISOM base in Lego village, 100 kilometers (62 miles) northwest of the capital Mogadishu, manned by around 100 Burundian soldiers. The Shabaab later boasted of having killed 80 soldiers, and carried off the bodies of 60 of them. Witnesses reported seeing dozens of bodies, but there has been no formal confirmation of casualties and the toll was not possible to independently confirm. Islamic forces of Evil commonly step up their attacks during Islam's holy fasting month of Ramadan. |
| Posted by:trailing wife |
| #3 Everything sharia! Everything is cool if you read the koran! |
| Posted by: swksvolFF 2015-06-30 19:45 |
| #2 Somalian tourist industry, Frank. |
| Posted by: Pappy 2015-06-30 18:11 |
| #1 Lego Village? |
| Posted by: Frank G 2015-06-30 10:22 |