Ethiopian troops attacked in Somalia

[Eugene]

Source: Associated Press

Ethiopian troops attacked in Somalia

By Mohamed Olad Hassan, Associated Press Writer
| June 15, 2007

MOGADISHU, Somalia --Suspected Islamic insurgents attacked
Ethiopian soldiers in the Somali capital, residents said Thursday,
raising fears of a return of the violence that bloodied Mogadishu
earlier this year.

The fighting was the heaviest in the city since the government
declared victory against Islamic insurgents in late April. The
insurgents, along with clan militiamen, have been fighting
government forces and their Ethiopian allies since they drove an
Islamic movement from Mogadishu six months ago. Thousands of
civilians have been killed and hundreds of thousands displaced.

Residents in northern Mogadishu said one of several attacks late
Wednesday took place at a former pasta factory used as a base
by Ethiopian troops who have remained in the country in support
of its transitional government.

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Other attacks against Ethiopian bases were reported in southern
neighborhoods of Mogadishu.

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Read more: http://www.boston.com/news/world/africa/articles/2007/06/15/ethiopian_troops_attacked_in_somalia

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Source: Reuters

Grenade attack kills four in Somalia

Reuters
Friday, June 15, 2007; 3:06 AM

MOGADISHU (Reuters) - A grenade attack killed four people and
wounded six others watching a video in the western town of Baidoa
in the latest flare-up in chaotic Somalia, residents said on Friday.

"The hand grenade was thrown at a video show in Baidoa late last
night," said resident Mohamed Ali, adding that he did not know who
the attackers were.

"Four people died and six were wounded. The video show was full
of people watching an Indian movie at the time."

Militant Islamists, who have been fighting the Horn of Africa
nation's government, are opposed to western and Indian films
which they say promote immorality in the mainly Muslim nation of
10 million people.

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Read more: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/06/15/AR2007061500152.html

[uberllama42]

1. I wonder how long it will be before we have boots on the ground in Ethiopia and Somalia

Never mind that both of those governments have atrocious human rights records. They're valuable allies in the War on Terr'r, and we have to help them fight the terr'rists.

[Eugene]

2. US forces and CIA are already in Ethiopia.

Some reports say that US special forces were in Somalia
during the early part of the Ethiopian intervention.
They are telling the Ethiopians what to bomb.