(Reuters) At least 11 killed in Mogadishu attack: residents

[Eugene]

At least 11 killed in Mogadishu attack: residents

By Sahal Abdulle

2 hours, 42 minutes ago

MOGADISHU (Reuters) - Insurgents trying to attack African Union peacekeepers
hit a restaurant in Somalia's capital Mogadishu with a rocket-propelled grenade,
killing at least nine people in the building, residents said on Thursday.

They said two other people were killed in the clash between the insurgents and
the peacekeepers on Wednesday, but it was not immediately clear whether the two
were guerrillas or civilians.

Islamists, driven out of Mogadishu by the interim government and Ethiopian forces
in December, have vowed to fight the peacekeepers and are believed to be behind
almost daily attacks in the city.

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No immediate comment was available from the AU peacekeepers.

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Full article: http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070308/wl_nm/somalia_conflict_dc

[maddezmom]

1. Uganda troops suffer first casualties in Somalia

Uganda troops suffer first casualties in Somalia
08 Mar 2007 10:38:57 GMT
Source: Reuters

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MOGADISHU, March 8 (Reuters) - Ugandan peacekeepers suffered their first casualties in an ambush by Somali insurgents after landing this week to help the country's interim governmment restore stability, an officer said on Thursday.

Captain Paddy Ankunda, spokesman for the African Union force, said two soldiers were hurt when unknown gunmen attacked the troops late on Wednesday in the Horn of Africa country's chaotic capital Mogadishu.

"We suffered two minor injuries. We fired in the air to scare them and that is how we managed to drive through," he said, adding that the AU mission would investigate the ambush.

"We are not going to take a hurried decision ... Our position is we are not going impose our will on the Somali people."

more:http://mobile.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/L08595327.htm

[bemildred]

2. Doesn't sound like they have been "driven out" just yet.

Sounds like they are duking it out in the city.