Somalia: Fresh battle breaks out in Mogadishu

[rudy-Diiriye]

Fri. August 10, 2007 02:19 am.- By Mohamed Abdi Farah. - Send this news article

 

(SomaliNet) Clashes between local insurgents and interim government forces have erupted in the Somalia capital Mogadishu on Thursday as loud explosions and heavy machine-guns could be heard through the city.

 

The first battle began around Howlwadag junction at 11:30pm tonight when Islamic militants exchanged gunfire with the government soldiers at the nearby police station.

 

There is no immediate casualty resulted because the city is still under curfew.

 

Liban Hassan, a resident living near the junction told Somalinet by telephone that the insurgents carried out an organized attack on the soldiers using rocket propelled grenades and automatic machine-guns which terrorized the residents.

 

Two hours later the second battle flared up in former dairy factory in south of the capital where the militants launched another ambush attack on the government soldiers around 1:30pm local time.

 

The insurgents dressed in the uniform of the government soldiers fired dozens of mortars and rocket propelled grenades, which forced the government troops to vacate the camp, according local sources.

 

“At once we found the sound of rockets and mortars being fired at the army position, we could hear the screams of the soldiers calling for help,” said M. Bashir, a local resident living in the area. It is still sketchy to find out the casualty.

 

It is the worst nighttime battle in Mogadishu in recent weeks after the end of the Bakara market siege that had an impact on the life in the capital.

 

One third of the people fled Mogadishu due to escalating violence.

[Jacaylbaro]

Ilaahow ummadaada u gargaar ,,,,,, i wonder when reer muqdisho will sleep without fear, gunshots and killings......

 

Insha Allah soon ,,,,,,

[Jabhad]

JB, before the Ethiopian invasion to install its warlord stooges, Mogadishu residents slept without fear of rape, looting and killings. Its only a matter of time before such a home-grown people rise to rescue the 2+ million residents in that city.

[Jacaylbaro]

Yes it was great time for them but i believe those who brought that short period didn't have the enough capacity to keep it alive. Yet the US bombers and Habashi attacks were expected.