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| Africa Horn |
| Somali Islamists claim attacks on Ethiopians |
| 2007-04-26 |
| An Islamist militant group on Wednesday claimed responsibility for a suicide bombing and a car bomb attack on Ethiopian forces in Somalia. The group, calling itself the Young Mujahideen Movement in Somalia, also said in an Internet statement that its fighters detonated a car bomb near an Ethiopian military convoy in the Somali capital, destroying two trucks. It said a Kenyan member named Othman Otibo carried out Tuesday’s suicide bombing at an Ethiopian military base in Afgooye, a small town 30 km (19 miles) west of Mogadishu. “Following this blessed martyrdom operation, a seven-minute clash broke out between the victorious lions of unification Islam and the remnants of the defeated Ethiopians,” the statement said. The authenticity of the statement could not be verified. But it was posted on a Web site used by Islamist militants in Iraq, Afghanistan and Somalia. The attacks followed a week of artillery duels and gun battles between allied Somali-Ethiopian forces and rebels in which 300 people were killed. The surge of violence has frustrated the government’s bid to restore central rule in the Horn of Africa country for the first time in 16 years. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #1 An Islamist militant group on Wednesday claimed responsibility for a suicide bombing and a car bomb attack on Ethiopian forces in Somalia. No sh*t. /Sherlock |
| Posted by: Excalibur 2007-04-26 09:08 |