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"Army Prepares To Oust (Islamic) Somali Fighters"
The Telegraph (UK) ^ | 1-1-2007 | Mike Pflanz
Posted on 12/31/2006 6:13:09 PM PST by blam
"Army prepares to oust Somali fighters"
By Mike Pflanz, East Africa Correspondent
Last Updated: 12:19am GMT 01/01/2007
ARTICLE SNIPPET: "Fighting erupted late yesterday in southern Somalia as government troops prepared their final onslaught against Islamist forces who, until last week, controlled most of the country.
Fearful residents in the southern town of Jilib reported hearing artillery and gunfire.
Thousands have fled to the fields as the Islamists began what is likely to be their last stand against their rivals and their Ethiopian allies.
After being pushed out of their stronghold in Mogadishu, an ultra-loyal rump of 3,000 fighters of the Islamic Courts Union (ICU) have regrouped in Jilib and the coastal city of Kismayo, 90 miles north of Somalia's border with Kenya."
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December 31, 2006
Somali Troops Close In on 3 Wanted for U.S. Embassy Bombings
Wanted in the 1998 Embassy bombings. From AP, with thanks to Twostellas:
KISMAYO, Somalia — Fighting erupted Sunday on the outskirts of the last remaining stronghold of Somalia's militant Islamic movement, as thousands of residents streamed from the area ahead of the feared battle with Ethiopian-backed government troops.
Prime Minister Ali Mohamed Gedi said the militants in the coastal city of Kismayo were sheltering three men wanted in the 1998 bombings of U.S. embassies in Kenya and Tanzania that killed more than 250 people.
"If we capture them alive we will hand them over to the United States," Gedi said.
Posted by Robert at December 31, 2006 09:24 PM