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http://www.jihadwatch.org/archives/2006/08/012621print.html
August 10, 2006
"Jihadists take control of key town in central Somalia"
ARTICLE SNIPPET: "Beledweyne falls. Somali Jihad Update from AFP: "Islamists take control of key central Somali town"
MOGADISHU (AFP) - Islamic militia has seized control of a strategic township near the Ethiopian border from Somalia's transitional government, further expanding their territory.
There were no reported casualties in the clash, which saw only a brief exchange of fire around 7:00 am (0400 GMT) Wednesday.
Islamic militia commander Yusuf Makaraan said his fighters took control of Beledweyne, the capital of Hiraan region 300 kilometres (190 miles) north of Mogadishu, after the Ethiopia-backed, government-appointed governor Yusuf Ahmed Hagar allegedly fled to Ethiopia.
"We have full control of Beledweyne," Makarran told AFP by telephone."
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http://jamestown.org/terrorism/news/article.php?articleid=2370096
Terrorism Focus
"Hardline Islamist Militia Group Shabbab Emerges in Somalia"
By Sunguta West
August 8, 2006
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http://jamestown.org/terrorism/news/article.php?articleid=2370083
Terrorism Monitor
"Somalia's ICU and its Roots in al-Ittihad al-Islami"
By Sunguta West
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http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1659022/posts?page=1929#1929
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http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/keyword?k=somalia
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http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1681019/posts
Mother and son killed in rocket barrage near Karmiel-90 Katyushas fired Thursday morning.
Jerusalem Post ^ | 8-10-06
Posted on 08/10/2006 4:33:18 AM PDT by SJackson
Mother and son killed in rocket barrage near Karmiel
Another man seriously wounded as rocket scores direct hit on house in Dir el-Asad; at least 90 Katyushas fired Thursday morning.
The barrage of Katyushas continued Thursday morning with reports of at least 90 rockets landing in cities and towns throughout northern Israel.
One rocket scored a direct hit on a home in the village of Dir el-Asad, near Karmiel, killing a young mother, 23, and her four-year-old son. The child was initially critically injured, but later died of his wounds.
With the death toll from rocket attacks increasing among Israeli-Arabs and Israeli-Jews alike, the panic which has gripped the north has unified it's residents with a deadly realization.
"The situation is very bad," says one Dir el-Asad resident who witnessed the attack. "with citizens continuing to be killed. We are all afraid, Jews and Arabs. Rockets don't differentiate between ethnicities."
Two more people were wounded, one seriously and one lightly, while 38 others were treated for shock in the village.
Rockets also struck Nahariya, Safed, the Golan Heights, and the Haifa Bay area.
Sirens were also heard in Ramot, Tiberias, Acre, Ma'alot, and Shefayim. No rocket hits have yet been reported.
At least 160 rockets rained down on northern Israel on Wednesday, with over 80 striking the region of Kiryat Shmona, causing no injuries but inflicting heavy damage. One person was wounded and several were suffering from shock after a rocket barrage hit Safed on Wednesday afternoon.