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| Mogadishu: Insurgents have pushed back gov. troops |
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| Thursday, 02 July 2009 18:33 |
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The government troops have been pushed back to Bar Jazeera suffered high number of causalities and lost weapons to insurgents. "The streets were horrific," ambulance service official Ali Muse told Reuters. "We've transported 20 dead bodies and 55 injured in the latest fighting." The Somali government is getting considerable support abroad, but this could be too little to late. Government Defections Further blow to Somali government, on Wednesday, [July 1] head of security in Hiiraan Sheikh Ibraahim Yuusuf and his soldiers have joined Hizbul Islam insurgents. On Wednesday evening, Ibraahim, his troops and large ammunitions have crossed Hawl-wadaag district in town of Beledweyn. Sheeikh Ibraahim has previously stated that he is against having Ethiopian troops in Somalia. He has stated Ethiopian troops are present number of villages in Hiiraan. Al Shabaab and allied fighters control much of southern and central Somalia and have boxed the government and 4,300 African Union peacekeepers into a few blocks of Mogadishu. "The streets were horrific," ambulance service official Ali Muse told Reuters. "We've transported 20 dead bodies and 55 injured in the latest fighting." Western nations and Somalia's neighbours worry that if the rebels succeed in toppling Ahmed, the Horn of Africa nation will become a safe haven for al Qaeda training camps, and hardline Islamists will destabilise the region.  Share this article with others:      The comment section is restricted to members only. |
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