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  • SOMALI JIHADISTS EXECUTE MAN "SUSPECTED OF BEING A CHRISTIAN"

    05/06/2010 2:13:21 AM PDT · by Cindy · 15 replies · 836+ views
    SNIPPET: "NAIROBI, Kenya, May 5 (CDN) -- Islamic militants yesterday killed another leader of the underground church movement in Somalia, sources said. Before he was fatally shot on Tuesday (May 4) in Xarardheere, about 60 kilometers (37 miles) from Jowhar, 57-year-old Yusuf Ali Nur had been on a list of people the Islamic extremist al Shabaab suspected of being Christian, sources who spoke on condition of anonymity told Compass. Al Shabaab, said to have links with al Qaeda, has vowed to rid Somalia of Christianity." SNIPPET: "Nur is survived by his wife, whose name was withheld for security reasons, and...
  • 300 Ethiopian troops cross into Somalia

    06/17/2006 3:59:29 AM PDT · by HAL9000 · 9 replies · 407+ views
    Excerpt - JOWHAR, Somalia - The leader of Somalia's Islamic Courts Union said that 300 Ethiopian troops crossed into the country Saturday. The Ethiopian troops entered Somalia through the border town of Dolow in the southwestern region of Gedo at 8 a.m., Sheikh Sharif Sheikh Ahmed, chairman of the Islamic Courts Union, told journalists. Ahmed said that it was not clear where they were going or what they were going to do. ~ snip ~