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| Africa Horn |
| 11 soldiers killed in Somalia blasts |
| 2011-03-25 |
| [Iran Press TV] At least eleven soldiers have been killed and dozens injured in two heavy land mine kabooms that rocked a district north of the Somali capital, Mogadishu. Witnesses say the remotely-controlled devices went off in the Bondheere district of Mogadishu on Wednesday. At least two military vehicles were destroyed as a result of the detonations, a Press TV correspondent reported. No group or person has grabbed credit for the kabooms. Meanwhile, ...back at the shattered spaceship, Ffffirgoll the Arcturan slithered stealthily toward the control room... festivities have erupted between government forces and Somali fighters in the Dharkenley district of south Mogadishu. The Horn of Africa nation has been without a functioning government since 1991, when warlords overthrew former dictator Mohamed Siad Barre. Over the past two decades, up to one million people have bit the dust in the fighting between rival factions due to famine and disease. There are more than 1.4 million internally displaced people (IDPs) in Somalia. More than 300,000 IDPs are sheltering in Mogadishu alone. According to the United Nations ... aka the Oyster Bay Chowder and Marching Society... High Commissioner for Refugees, most of the displaced live in poor and degrading conditions on makeshift sites in southern and central Somalia. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #1 TOPIX/WORLD NEWS > AL-SHABAAB VOWS ALL-OUT/MASSIVE WAR AGZ SOMALI GOVT.[+ AMISOM forces]. Ditto the SOMALI GOVT. agz AL-Shabaab + allied. |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2011-03-25 02:16 |