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| Africa Horn |
| Somali parliament head escapes death |
| 2008-06-10 |
| Somali transitional parliament speaker, Sheikh Adan Mohamed Nur, has escaped a terror attack in the nation's southwestern town of Baidoa. The attackers opened heavy gunfire on the Sheikh -- also known as Madoobe -- killing four guards and critically injuring three others, a Press TV correspondent reported Monday. Sheikh Madoobe, a former militiaman and later warlord, escaped to the nearest building and finding no help walked back to the parliament. Meanwhile more than 900 Ethiopian soldiers have abandoned their bases in south Mogadishu killing 13 civilians, following news of their top military commander's death. At the same time angry Hawiye clan elders and hundreds of civilians have poured into the streets demanding complete pullout of Ethiopian troops, shouting "dead or alive, Ethiopians must be gone". |
| Posted by:Fred |