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Mortar exchanges between Shabaab and Somali forces in Mogadishu claimed 20 killed and 35 wounded. Tribesmen in Gedo vowed to expel the Islamic Courts from the region. Shabaab took a cut of the ransom money paid for a Spanish ship. Sheikh Sharif Ahmed said the Islamic Courts has not yet implemented the ceasefire.

Shabaab is demanding pirates had over a portion of the weapons on the hijacked Ukrainian ship. Seventeen Somalis were killed in mortar exchanges in Mogadishu. One Italian was wounded in an IED attack on a UN vehicle in Merca.

Ethiopian troops are reported to be moving towards the Islamic Courts-controlled town of Hudur. Five people were killed after Shabaab attacked the airport Mogadishu. Shabaab threatened the spokesman of the Hawiye council. The Islamic Courts said planes banned from Mogadishu could land in Kismayo.

Shabaab attacked Burundian peacekeepers in Mogadishu. The Shabaab-linked mujahideen of southern Somalia named a 23-member board to enforce shariah law in Celwaq. Shabaab has banned aid groups from operating in regions under its control.

A civilian was killed in an IED attack in Baidoa. Fifteen Mogadishu policemen were arrested for criminal activity. The Ethiopian opposition called for a withdrawal from Somalia. Kenyan police arrested a maritime official days after he gave reporters information about the hijacked arms freighter off Somalia’s coast.

The Somali government permitted foreign countries to hunt down pirates in Somali waters. Nine people were killed and 13 were wounded in a Shabaab mortar attack in Mogadishu. The Islamic Courts imposed a curfew in Beledweyne and warned the residents of Kismayo to observe Eid celebrations.

The US Navy has surrounded the hijacked Ukrainian-flagged vessel transporting weapons to Sudan. The secretary of the Alliance for the Re-liberation of Somalia called Shabaab “criminals.” Seven people were killed and 17 wounded during fighting in Mogadishu.

Pirates seized a ship carrying 30 Soviet-era T-72 tanks and other weapons destined for Sudan. German police detained two suspected Somali terrorists on an airplane in Cologne. Senior al Qaeda operative Fazul Abdullah Mohammed is believed to be hiding in Tanzania.

A group called the Harakat Ras Kamboni, which is linked to Shabaab military commander Sheikh Hassan Turki, took credit for a mortar attack against African Union peacekeepers in Mogadishu. The attacks claimed 15 lives; another 30 were wounded. Somalia has been rated as the most corrupt country in the world.

Thirty-two people were killed and more than 60 wounded in artillery and mortar exchanges between Ethiopian and Shabaab forces in Mogadishu. Shabaab defended its attacks on the airport in Mogadishu, saying it was “used for military purposes and to transport weapons.” Somali pirates threatened European countries if France did not release six captives.

Sixteen Somalis were killed in exchanges of mortar fire in Mogadishu. A Somali soldier and officer were killed in an attack in Baidoa. Kenya has deployed soldiers along the border. A Greek ship was hijacked off the coast of Somalia.

Six Somali soldiers were killed in heavy fighting with Shabaab forces in Baidoa. The speaker of parliament’s home was attacked in Baidoa. Kenya has increased security on the Somali border.

Shabaab launched mortars as a plane landed at the Aden Adde International Airport in Mogadishu. Twelve were killed and 35 were wounded in heavy fighting in Mogadishu. Airlines have refused to fly into Mogadishu. The Islamic Courts said it would continue to wage jihad despite ongoing negotiation in Djibouti.