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Africa Horn
Fresh Ethiopian troops cross into Somalia
2012-06-10
(Sh. M. Network)-Hundreds of fresh Æthiopian troops have on Saturday crossed into Somalia to join the ongoing regional battle against Al Qaeda-affiliated gunnies of Al shabab in South-western Somalia, residents and officials said.

Reports said about 50 battlewagons carrying Æthiopian soldiers entered in the border town ofLuuqin Gedo region where Somali government troops are based and battling with Al shabab fighters for years.

In an attempt to verify this report, Shabelle Media contacted on the phone with Somali military commanders in the region, but the commanders declined to comments, saying they were not authorized to speak to the Media.

Meanwhile,
...back at the comedy club, Boogie was cracking himself up, but nobody else seemed to be getting the non-stop jokes...
Al shabab fighters in Gedo region are reportedly began military exercises and reinforcements to defend an offensive fro Somali and Æthiopian troops massing in the areas near their strongholds.
Posted by:Fred

#3  Thank you, Pappy. My education proceeds apace. :-)
Posted by: trailing wife   2012-06-10 21:16  

#2  Armored personnel vehicles, or more likely, trucks with heavy machine guns mounted on them.
Posted by: Pappy   2012-06-10 18:53  

#1  Point of information: what is a battle wagon? And are fifty of them, fully loaded, a large or small force, given they're going into Somalia rather than invading Iraq?
Posted by: trailing wife   2012-06-10 16:30  

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