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Somalia: 4 Civilians Killed After Insurgent Attack On Ethiopian Soldiers (All Africa)

Fri, 07 Mar 2008 07:46:23 GMT

Ethiopian army soldiers conducting routine search operations in a small village in south Somalia came under gunfire Thursday, sparking a battle that killed at least 4 civilians, witnesses said.

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Jihadists move into another Somali town (Jihad Watch)

Fri, 07 Mar 2008 05:00:02 GMT

Somalia Jihad Update. "Islamic Fighters Move Into Somali Town," by Mohammed Olad Hassan for the Associated Press : MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) More than 100 masked Islamic militiamen entered a strategic town Thursday in the latest bold move by a force defeated two years ago at the hands of Somalia's Western-backed government and its Ethiopian allies. The Islamists held the capital, Mogadishu,...

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Witnesses: 5 killed in Somalia attack (kansascity.com)

Thu, 06 Mar 2008 12:20:00 GMT

... the enemy."

Thousands of Somalis have been killed in fighting between Islamic insurgents and Ethiopian troops supporting Somalia's shaky government over the past 12 months.

The Islamists vowed to fight after the Ethiopians dislodged them from power in December 2006. They had held the capital and much of southern Somalia for six months before they were pushed out.

Somalia...

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No Talks With Govt Even If Ethiopians Leave - Al-Shabaab (All Africa)

Wed, 05 Mar 2008 08:33:17 GMT

Somalia: No Talks With Govt Even If Ethiopians Leave - Al-Shabaab4 March 2008Posted to the web 5 March 2008Islamist guerrillas leading an insurgency in Somalia say they will not talk with the country's interim government even if foreign troops withdraw.Muktar Robow "Abu Mansur," spokesman for the al-Shabaab fighters, told Mogadishu-based Radio Somaliweyn during a Tuesday interview that...

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"Back To You, Bob. Bob? Bob? You There, Bob?" [Kenyans Are Fast] (Deadspin)

Tue, 04 Mar 2008 20:40:03 GMT

... enough for the marathon anyway. Guy 1: "Well Ed, is it one of those matters, the Kenyans and the Ethiopians - let's be honest here - they see a white goy out front and they don't take him seriously."Guy 2: "............."Guy 1: "Well here's a look at that breakaway..." : Especially when compared to the high speed freeway chases the LA viewing public is accustomed to. The possibility of someone...

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24 Somali casualties as US targets one terrorist (Black Star Journal)

Tue, 04 Mar 2008 05:30:03 GMT

... the country in 2006. But the humanitarian situation deteriorated significantly since an US-backed Ethiopian aggression overthrew the UIC in late 2006. An occupation which, the Ethiopians promised, would only last a month or two. Last month, the UN called Somalia the worst place in the world for children. But it's hardly surprising that Ethiopian-occupied Somalia is a disaster,...

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Somalia: Governor in Puntland Denies He Was Arrested By Ethiopian Soldiers (All Africa)

Mon, 03 Mar 2008 21:09:46 GMT

The governor of Mudug region in Somalia's State of Puntland has denied media reports that he was detained last week by Ethiopian soldiers.

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US Missiles Kill Six Civilians; Wound 10 Others in Southern Somalia, Reports Say (Net News Publisher)

Mon, 03 Mar 2008 17:59:23 GMT

... targeting Islamist hideouts. They bombed the place in 2006 while US warplanes assisted the Ethiopians and the transitional federal government who were both chasing the Islamic Courts Union at that time. Southern Somali towns have been hardest-hit with insurgent attacks, including roadside bombings, assassinations and guerrilla attacks as well as government forces and Ethiopians. But...

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US airstrike hits al Qaeda safe house in Somalia (The Fourth Rail)

Mon, 03 Mar 2008 17:05:29 GMT

... house. This is the fourth know US-led airstrike against al Qaeda operatives in Somalia since the Ethiopian operation to drive the Islamic Courts from power was launched in late December 2006. The Ethiopians also launched airstrikes against Islamic Courts fighters who were into Kenya in early January 2007. The US targeted Fazul Abdullah Mohammad, Saleh Ali Saleh Nabhan , and Abu Tala...

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Somali government shuts down three independent radio stations (kansascity.com)

Mon, 03 Mar 2008 01:28:00 GMT

... Mohamed Siad Barre and Somalia's chaos began.

Fighting between Islamic insurgents and Ethiopian troops supporting Somalia's shaky government has intensified since the Ethiopians dislodged them from power in December 2006.

At least nine journalists have been killed since February 2007 and death threats and arrests have forced at least 50 others to seek refuge in neighboring...

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Somalia media conditions deteriorate (Seattle Post-Intelligencer)

Mon, 03 Mar 2008 00:53:00 GMT

... dictator Mohamed Siad Barre and Somalia's chaos began.Fighting between Islamic insurgents and Ethiopian troops supporting Somalia's shaky government has intensified since the Ethiopians dislodged them from power in December 2006.At least nine journalists have been killed since February 2007 and death threats and arrests have forced at least 50 others to seek refuge in neighboring...

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US Backed Regime Refusing To Withdraw From Occupied Territories (Ten Percent)

Wed, 27 Feb 2008 23:38:16 GMT

... Ambassador Araya Desta ruled out any talks with Addis Ababa until Ethiopia withdrew. “When (the Ethiopians) have gone out of the sovereign territories of Eritrea, then the question of normalization will come later,” he told Reuters in a telephone interview. He also called on the Security Council to put pressure — including possible sanctions — on Ethiopia to withdraw. Most of the...

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"The Reconciliation Impediment is the President" MP Said (All Africa)

Wed, 27 Feb 2008 12:04:48 GMT

... from the market.Thousands of Somalis have been killed in fighting between Islamic insurgents and Ethiopian troops supporting Somalia's shaky government over the past 12 months. The Islamists vowed to fight an insurgency after the Ethiopians dislodged them from power in December 2006. They had taken control of the capital and much of southern Somalia for six months before they were...

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Al-Shabaab Reenter Dinsor, Threaten to Attack Baidoa (All Africa)

Tue, 26 Feb 2008 21:09:28 GMT

Somalia's al-Shabaab guerrillas reentered a town in the southern part of the country hours after Ethiopian troops withdrew Tuesday, locals reported.

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Police official slain in Somalia (kansascity.com)

Tue, 26 Feb 2008 13:29:00 GMT

... said.

Thousands of Somalis have been killed in fighting between Islamic insurgents and Ethiopian troops supporting Somalia's shaky government over the past 12 months. The Islamists vowed to fight an insurgency after the Ethiopians dislodged them from power in December 2006. They had taken control of the capital and much of southern Somalia for six months before they were pushed...

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RIP, Joe Gibbs (Afrobella)

Tue, 26 Feb 2008 03:16:42 GMT

By now my adoration of Seventies reggae is apparent to anyone who’s been reading this blog for a while, so allow me to bid a fond farewell to a master of the genre. Record producer Joe Gibbs passed away last Thursday. Lee Perry, Niney the Observer, Beres Hammond, The Heptones, The Ethiopians, Jacob Miller, and [...]

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Kofi Annan and the art of intelligent intervention (The Guardian)

Fri, 15 Feb 2008 00:27:20 GMT

If Kenya's eruption into violence shocked the world by being unexpected, Somalia's collapse was fully foreseen. As many experts warned, US collusion with Ethiopia a year ago to send Ethiopian troops into Mogadishu to topple the Islamic Courts regime has backfired as badly as the invasion of Iraq. According to reports from UN and other aid workers in Somalia, almost three-quarters of a million...

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Islamists Vow to Continue Fight Against Ethiopian Troops (All Africa)

Thu, 31 Jan 2008 14:33:52 GMT

The spokesman of Union Islamic of Courts [UIC], Shaikh Mahmud Shaykh Ibrahim Suulay, has said that it makes no difference if Ethiopian troops move from one area of Mogadishu to another.

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19 killed in Somalia clash (kansascity.com)

Tue, 29 Jan 2008 10:26:00 GMT

Islamic militants firing rockets and mortars clashed with Somali troops and their Ethiopian allies in fighting that killed at least 17 civilians and two Ethiopian soldiers in the capital, witnesses said Tuesday.

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Melbourne calls up young Ethiopian duo to take on Mottram - IAAF World Athletics Tour (IAAF International Association of Athletics Federa)

Wed, 23 Jan 2008 11:12:03 GMT

22 January 2007 - World Junior 5000m champion Tariku Bekele and fellow Ethiopian Abreham Cherkos Feleke will both contest the 5000m national title against Australia's 2005 Worlkd Championship bronze medallist Craig Mottram at Melbourne's Olympic Park, one of the feature events on the timetable at the IAAF World Athletic Tour meeting on Thursday 21 February.

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