Sheik Hassan Dahir Aweys, the leader of the Islamic Courts, stated it makes no difference if Ethiopian troops or Ugandan troops are killed. Al Qaeda fought against government troops on Friday in Kismayo. Seven bombs exploded in Mogadishu as the city remained under curfew. Up to four terror cells in the United Kingdom were disrupted […]
Five were killed during a battle between police and insurgents in Mogadishu’s Baraka market. A curfew has been imposed in the capital. Uganda troops destroyed a large weapons cache abandoned by the Islamic Courts.
Blast kills two near Somalia peace venue
U.S. attack aircraft continue to hunt al Qaeda in Puntlant, according to the security minister. The reconciliation conference which was to be held on June 14 has been postponed for 30 days.
Security forces arrested 15 members of the al Qaeda linked Shabaab, which is run by Aden Hashi Ayro. The militia formerly run by Islamic Courts senior leader Yusuf Mohamed Indaadde took control of towns in the lower Shabelle region after battling government troops. Ethiopian and TFG troops continue to clear Mogadishu, while an IED hit […]
US Navy fires on Somalia pirates
The Pentagon transferred Abdullahi Sudi Arale, an al Qaeda operative who “played a leading role in Somalia’s Islamic Courts,” to Guantanamo Bay. The government arrested the leader of the powerful Hawiye tribe, which has supported the Islamic Courts.The TFG also ordered 3 radio stations to shut down.
A suicide car bomber attacked the Somali Prime Minister’s home; seven were killed. Another suicide car bomb was detonated near an Ethiopian Army base. “Unknown gunmen” killed 2 police and 5 civilians in the Bakara bazaar in Mogadishu. Puntland said the Islamists have been defeated.
Bomb explodes in front of Somali leader’s home
The Puntland regional government said 12 Islamists, including 6 “British nationals, Americans, Swedish, Pakistanis and Yemenis” were killed in fighting over the past few days. The Islamic Courts killed the Somali intelligence chief in Kismayo. An Ethiopian patrol was hit in an IED attack in Mogadishu.
Fazul Abdullah Mohammed, the intelligence chief for the Islamic Courts and other unnamed high value targets attacked in Puntland, Somalia Fazul Abdullah Mohammed. Click to view. Six months after Ethiopia’s invasion of southern Somalia to oust the al Qaeda backed Islamic Courts, the Transitional Federal Government, backed by Ethiopian armed forces and a small contingent […]
The U.S. Navy struck at an as yet unidentified target from off the coast of Somalia. Puntland forces clashed with Islamists off the Bargale coast after receiving a tip that about 35 “‘Islamist remnants™ including foreign al Qaeda linked operatives” were in the area. An Islamist boat was captured. “The foreign fighters include Yemenis, Afghans, […]
A policeman was killed south of Mogadishu. A double bomb blast targeting police forces north of the capital killed killed one. Ethiopian will leave several thousand troops in Somalia for the long term.
Italy presses Ethiopia to pull troops from Somalia
Mogadishu mayor targeted
Prime Minister Gedi survived a IED attack on his convoy as he left the Mogadishu airport. A Somali soldier was shot and killed in the Bakara market in Mogadisu. Over 500 Somali recently trained police are prepared to take positions in the capital.
The Islamic Courts killed 5 Ugandan soldiers in a IED attack south of Mogadishu. A clan attacked a government delegation, killing 11, including 2 journalists. Ethiopia said the time to withdraw is approaching.
Somali police have set up a station near the Bakara market in Mogadishu, where several IED attacks have taken place. African Union troops have begun to de-mine the capital. Unidentified ‘gunmen’ have issued demands for 2 foreign CARE workers kidnapped in Puntland.
The Somali government dismissed the deputy prime minister and minister of defense for being “inactive in their governmental duties.” Four Somali security forces were killed in a roadside bombing south of Mogadishu.
Two were killed in 2 explosions in Mogadishu over the past 24 hours. The Somali government stated it has not ordered the burning of women’s veils. The Eu and Egypt are pressing for reconciliation between the government and Islamists.
Somalia police and soldiers have been ordered to seize veils as Islamic Courts fighters hav ebeen said to be hiding behind them. A bomb exploded in Mogadishu’s Baraka market, killing 1 and wounding dozens. A curfew has been imposed on the southern port city of Kismayo.
Al-Qa’ida’s (mis)Adventures in the Horn of Africa
Ugandan troops stopped a suicide attack in the port of Mogadishu. A policeman was wounded in a roadside bomb blast. Ethiopian troops raided a weapons bazaar in the capital. The African Union promised to send 8,000 additional troops to Somalia.
An al-Ittihad al-Islami prisoner being held at Guantanamo Bay denied leading an al Qaeda cell. Ugandan troops are removing mines buried in the streets in Mogadishu. Schools have begun to reopen in the capitol.
Mozambique will not deploy peacekeepers to Somalia. Mogadishu businessmen begin to hand over weapons. The “time of terrorists is over,” said Mogadisu’s new mayor.
Mozambique will not deploy troops to Somalia
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Somali jihadist vow to continue the fight. “We have changed the strategy of our struggle against the occupation to hit and run attacks on the enemy positions,” said a jihadi. Ugandan troops are patroling the streets of Mogadishu. Locals accused Somali troops of looting after the Mogadishu battles.
Mogadishu battle not yet won, AU commander warns
Somalis warily returning to their battered capital