...... Somalia's version of the Taliban, functioning as an arm of al-Qaeda...leaders who were killed and maimed in the recent fighting in Galmudug
...a semiautonomous region in central Somalia, bordering Puntland on the north. Galmudug is not trying to obtain international recognition as a separate nation, but rather considers itself autonomous within the larger Somali federalism, for what that's worth...
and HirShabelle state and dozens beat feet from the military operations.
A blurb from the Federal Government of Somalia stated that the operations against Al-Shabaab have killed 1,650 members and injured more than 550 others.
The statement also said that in the last two months, the al-Shabaab group has been severely defeated and 19 leaders have been killed. There was no independent confirmation.
Several tables are appended to the bottom of the article. Unfortunately, not only are they images that I can’t copy, but they are in the Somali language — one of the many languages I don’t know.. If anyone here can translate them and summarize the key information for us, that would be grand. If not, we shall have to be content to remain ignorant until it’s revealed elsewhere.
Update from Garowe at 12:20 p.m. EDT:
The government added that most of the casualties were recorded in central parts of the Horn of Africa nation.Update from Garowe at 12:20 p.m. EDT:
In a statement issued by the state, the government said 550 others were critically injured during the operations, particularly in Galmadug and HirShabelle states.