ansaar17 Posted March 13, 2007 Dagaal xoogan oo ka dhacay Isgoyska Banadir ee Muqdisho War deg deg ah Mogadishu 13, March.07 ( Sh.M.Network) Dagaal xoogan oo u dhaxeeya ciidamada dowladda oo kaashanaya kuwa Ethiopia iyo kooxo hubeysan ayaa maanta waxa uu ka dhacay agagaarka Isgoyska Banadir ee magaalada Muqdisho. Dagaalkaan ayaa waxa uu ka dhacay agagaarka Isbitalka Banadir ee magaalada Muqdisho, waxaana uu bilowday xilli ciidamo Ethiopian ah oo ku sii jeeday degmada Afgooye ay marayeen halkaasi abaarihii duhurnimo ee maanta sida uu shabelle u sheegay Goobjooge lagu magacaabo C/casiis oo halkaasi ku sugan. Goobjoogaha waxa uu sheegay in ciidamada Ethiopia rasaas xoogan lal beegsaday, iyaguna ay jawaabo ka bixiyeen. Ilaa iyo haatan inta la og yahay waxaa ku dhaawacmay 6 ruux oo 5 ka mid ah la geeyay dhaawacooda Isbitalka Madiina ee magaalada Muqdisho sida uu soo xaqiijiyay wariye ka tirsan shabelle, iyadoo qofka kalena uu dhaawaciisa yiilay goobta iska horimaadka uu ka dhacay. Dadkii ku ganacsanayay halkaasi ayaa isaga cararay iyadoo wali aanu jirin isku socod. Wararka ayaa intaasi waxa ay ku darayaan in ciidamada Ethiopia ay socdaalkooda sii wateen, walow rasaas goos goos ah ay ka dhacday halkaasi markii ay baxeen. Dagaalkaan ayaa ku soo beegmay xilli Madaxweynaha dowladda KMG ah ee Somalia uu maanta soo gaaray Muqdisho, ka dib markii Baarlamanka Somalia uu ansixiyay in dowladda ay u soo guurto Muqdisho. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ansaar17 Posted March 13, 2007 Schoolchildren Caught in Somali Gunbattle Crossfire, Witnesses Say Last Edited: Monday, 12 Mar 2007, 8:30 PM EDT Created: Monday, 12 Mar 2007, 8:30 PM EDT 03/13/2007 -- Ethiopian troops protecting government installations battled with Somali insurgents Tuesday, scattering dozens of schoolchildren who were caught in the crossfire as they left their classes, witnesses said. A government official also narrowly escaped death in a separate attack when his car, traveling in a four vehicle convoy, was hit by remote controlled land mine — a rarely seen tactic in this restive Horn of Africa nation. Gunbattles erupted in several different locations in the restive capital, Mogadishu, with insurgents using rocket propelled grenades and machine guns during the attacks on an Ethiopian military base and a military convoy. One Ethiopian military truck with soldiers on board was hit by a rocket and caught fire, said eyewitness Shino Moalin Norow, who sells drinking water near the scene. There were no immediate reports of casualties. Ibrahim Omar Sabirye, deputy mayor of Mogadishu received hospital treatment for minor injuries after the attack on his convoy, his bodyguard Abdikadir Ahmed told the AP. Another passenger traveling in the same car was also injured in the blast. Somalia's government and troops from neighboring Ethiopia drove out a radical Islamic movement late last year, but the government is now struggling with a growing insurgency and the Ethiopians have started pulling out. African Union peacekeepers who began arriving last week have also come under attack. The peacekeepers are the first here in more than a decade. The peacekeepers, all from Uganda, are the vanguard of a larger force authorized by the United Nations to help the government assert its authority and to allow Ethiopian forces to leave. Insurgents believed to be the remnants of the Council of Islamic Courts have staged almost daily attacks against the government, its armed forces and the Ethiopians. In Tuesday's violence, teacher Mohamed Hussein Abdi said dozens of his young students fled screaming as fighting broke out close to Hoyga Hamar school. "We had just finished classes when the fighting broke out," he told The Associated Press. "When the children heard the gunfire they just scattered. "They were frightened and scattered everywhere. I could not hide myself because I was trying to stop the children running." The gunmen attacked in minibuses and small cars before fleeing the scene. Ethiopian troops used artillery to return fire, said Abdi. "Terrorist elements have attacked bases of government troops in the capital," said the Deputy Defense Minister Salad Ali Jelle. "We have repelled them." However, gunfire could still be heard in the city of 2 million, where escalating violence has forced hundreds to flee. Meanwhile at least 42 people, mainly children, have died in the last 24 hours from a suspected cholera outbreak in southern Somalia, doctors said Tuesday. More than 240 others have been hospitalized, and doctors fear more deaths because of the lack of proper medical facilities or medicines in the war-ravaged country. Somalia descended into chaos in 1991, when warlords overthrew a dictator, carved the capital into armed, clan-based camps, and left most of the rest of the country ungoverned. The transitional government was formed in 2004 with U.N. help, but has struggled to assert control. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites