Ethiopian tanks roll on Somali Islamist call to arms (Reuters)

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Ethiopian tanks roll on Somali Islamist call to arms

By C. Bryson Hull
1 hour, 17 minutes ago

MOGADISHU (Reuters) - Ethiopian tanks rumbled south from Mogadishu
to attack Somali Islamists on Saturday after the religious movement's
leaders called on fighters and residents in the port city of Kismayu
to cast off a foreign "occupation."

Sheikh Sharif Ahmed, whose forces fled the Somali capital on Thursday,
urged thousands of people gathered at a Kismayu stadium for the Muslim
festival of Eid al-Adha to defend their nation and faith from Somali
government troops backed by armor, soldiers and jet fighter planes
from mostly Christian Ethiopia.

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Regional experts say the initial impression of a resounding government
victory was by no means certain and that the conflict could well take
another turn.

Ethiopian warplanes screamed over Kismayu and nearby Jilib town on
Friday and Saturday, spreading fear among residents.

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