CARNAGE AS SOMALIA 'IN STATE OF WAR'
Somalia is in "a state of war," the country's Islamic leader said Thursday, as bodies lay in the streets of strategic villages where the U.N.-backed
government is fighting to wrest control from the religious movement that has seized much of the country.
Ref. https://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/africa/12/21...g.ap/index.html
I thought the US was going to overlook this war being that they left long ago, now this:
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Breaking News The U.S. military strikes suspected al Qaeda targets in Somalia, a senior Pentagon official tells CNN. |
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U.S. Launches Targeted Assassination Air Strikes in Somalia, Many Reported Killed
U.S. Special Operations forces have launched a pair of air strikes on Somalia. Many people are believed to have been killed. The Pentagon says the target of the strikes were members of Al Qaeda connected to the 1998 bombings of the U.S. embassies in Nairobi and Dar es Salaam.
Ref. https://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=07/01/09/1454248
Somali aid stopped after kidnap
The UN says it is stopping food distribution in Somalia's capital after troops abduct a member of staff.
Ref. https://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/7048395.stm
Islamist town 'bombed' in Somalia
An Islamist-held town in Somalia is hit by missiles, possibly from a US plane.
Ref. https://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/7274462.stm
US confirms Somali missile strike
The US military confirms it carried out a pre-dawn missile strike in Somalia which killed a senior Islamist militant.
Ref. https://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/7378502.stm
Somali forces 'out of control'
Somalis are at the mercy of armed groups who kill, rape and kidnap with impunity, says a human rights group.
Ref. https://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/7385078.stm
Peacekeepers sell arms to Somalis
Ugandan peacekeepers in Somalia have been selling arms to insurgents, a United Nations report says.
Ref. https://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/7417435.stm