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Somali Insurgents Attack Military Base Near Baidoa |
2008-07-11 |
Officials in Somalia say insurgents have killed two people and wounded two others in an attack on an army camp near Baidoa, the home of the transitional parliament. The Islamist insurgent group Shabab claimed responsibility for the attack on the Daynunay military base. Two days ago, Shabab insurgents fired mortars at the presidential palace and airport in Baidoa, killing at least two soldiers and wounding seven. Somali's government dismissed that attack as a publicity stunt for the insurgent group, and said that Baidoa is functioning and safe. Insurgents have briefly overrun more a dozen towns in Somalia in recent months in their fight against the interim government and its Ethiopian military allies. |
Posted by:Fred |