Thursday, April 05, 2007
MOGADISHU (AFP) - Heavy exchanges of weapon fire and shelling broke out briefly overnight in a Mogadishu district where Ethiopian troops are facing off with Islamist insurgents and clan fighters, residents said Thursday.
Other areas of the capital remained calm for a fourth day, one week after the start of the heaviest fighting in the battered city in 15 years.
An AFP correspondent heard heavy exchanges of gunfire and mortar shelling near the city's main soccer stadium at around midnight Wednesday, which lasted for around 15 minutes. It was unclear if there were any casualties.
Ethiopian troops are positioned in and around the stadium and have been facing off with insurgents, entrenched behind sandbags, in the streets nearby since fighting tailed off on Sunday.
Most residents have fled the area, and the neighbouring Al Kamin neighbourhood, a flashpoint for the heavy fighting that broke out last Thursday with an Ethiopian offensive on Islamist rebels backed by clan militia.
Elders from the city's dominant Hawiye clan said they would collect bodies from inside houses in the area Thursday, after beginning the grim operation the previous day in a tense atmosphere as the rival forces looked on.
They said they had buried at least 16 bodies in a cemetery on the outskirts of the city on Thursday.
The elders said they were due to meet with Ethiopian commanders Thursday afternoon for further talks, after reaching a tentative ceasefire deal with them on Sunday.
Ethiopian commanders have yet to confirm any truce.
A local rights group, which compiled figures from hospitals and witnesses, said 381 civilians had died and 565 were wounded in the four days of clashes that ended on Sunday.
The United Nations estimates that around 100,000 people, or one tenth of the population, have fled Mogadishu since February, including nearly half of those in the past 10 days.
Ethiopian-Somali forces drove Islamist fighters with alleged links to the Al-Qaeda network out of Mogadishu and south and central Somalia some three months ago.
Source: AFP, April 05, 2007
Dowladaan qabiil waliba ku jiro cid ay u istaageeso ma jirto, cid ama shaqsi ka mida oo afka buurayana wax u ay u dhimeeso ma jirto, Ereteeriyana konton sano oo soo socota hasii joogeen daba dhilifka argixisada alqacida qandaraaska iyo shilimaadka ka hesha.
Xamar waxay aheed 17sanoo lasoo dhaafay meel ay BURCAD arxan daran daka ku xasuuqaan, waxay noqotay meel aduunka magaalo la arko ka darnaatay, waxay noqotay magaalo rag xoog isbiday ay ka amar taakleeyaan, waxay noqotay meel soomaliya u diiday caasumadii ay ahaan laheed kooxo dabada la galay argixisada caalimiga ah, xamar way u baahneed dowlad karti leh oo go’aan adag ka gaari karta BURCADA aan kala jecleen shacabkeeda marka laga reebo calooshooda.
kuwa madfaca ku tuurayey shacabka maatada ah iyo xarumaha dowlada waa ay ogaayeen in madfaca caatada ay sida fuleynimada ah usoo tuuraan looga daba hareen, isla shacabkii ay isbaarada iyo xooga ku heesteen ayey dabada la galeen, ayaandaraduse waa shacabkii oo ay dowlada somaliya tiri soo dacweeya loo dhego lugnaan, waxaana ugu wacan dhagarqabayaasha oo handadaad ku haayey shacabka ay ku dhex dhuumanayaan marka ay geesanayaan falkooda argixisinimo.
waxaasna waa laga baxayaa oo umada dhibaateesan mar bey helaan garab uga yimaada dhanka alle.
cidii dowladaan ku eedeeneesa xaq daro iyo xasuuq waa in la tusaa waxa ka dhacaayey xamar tan iyo maalintii calooshood u shaqeestayaal burburiyeen qaran)nimadeenii oo ay qabiil dad ku wax yeeleeyeen, taasina waa cashar laga gudbay BURCADA alqacidana uma soconeso wixii lasoo maray ee ha arkeen xaqiiqda iyo runta.
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ku:GEELE
waxaan umaleynaa inaad ciil bes latahay mar hadii tigreegii
adeerkaa watay ay wax qaadi waayeen
waxba qiiq ha isku qarin xaarana haka daba laaban
ileyn adiga matihid kan xaaraanta xisaabinaayo
NINKII DHOOF KU YIMID BAA GEERIDU DHIBEYSAA
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An extremely dream postion for Ethiopia served by an almost 17-year old Somali stupidity! The sad thing is most of you, posters at this portal are either refugees or ex-refugees! Why don't you learn anything from societies, among which you are living?
Searching for our genuin Somalism, I am Gacaliye@
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Adeer sababta aadan warka aad sheegaysid aan loogu arkayn BBCda and Hiiraan waxaa weeye, waxa ay qoraan wararka saxda ah oo aan been abuurka ahayn. Maanta iyo shalay midna shir kama dhicin Xamar oo xaafadaha aad sheegaysid waaba aag dagaal oo ay isku horfadhiyaan xaq udirirka iyo ciidamada gumaysiga Itoobiya. Iska akhriso wararka ay qoraan websiteyada jufada oo riyada ku salaysan.
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Halkaan ka aqriso wararkan aadan barnaba bbc-somali ama
hiiraan.com aadan ku arki doonin!!!
http://www.carmooyin.com/News/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=1125&mode=thread&order=0&thold=0
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We, Somalis are unique, not only when comes to having the same language, culture, religion, appearence, being sons & dotters the same mismanaged Somalia! Hal-hayskeeno wa ino noqdqaa: La aanta waxba mahahii, Laaatay waxaba mahahiid (without you I am nothing and without me you are nothing!) Please stop progating & marketing the interest of others countries, like F..king Ethiopia, Arabs & the United States! The above mentioned countries are more or less taking care of their respective countries. Who is taking of care the Somali interest!!!!
I am a disappointed Gacaliye@
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HUSSEIN AIDID in Asmar!!
New Tragedy for ailing TFG !!!!
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According to our information the irrelevant TFg thugs tried to break the ceasefire, but they did not succeed. The Somali people are ready to defent their country and religion from the occupying forces. Ethiopian troops and their stooges indiscriminately shelled civilian areas. That a very clear case of war crime. The military commanders and their Somali militia counterparts are guilty of war crimes and they should be punished for their heinous crimes. The cowardly traitors who are saying that the war is the answer should know that the war would have already be over if their militia were one of the warring parties. The Somali freedom fighters defend their country from colonial forces, untill now they are doing very well to defend their dignity.
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islamist dont use that name. itis new term westren created.see those 4 words>>>> islam(ists) teror(ists) extrem(ists) jihaad(ists) they asociate the word islamsts with terorists and extremists. dont let them fool you. why they dont see muslims? they know islam is the religion and itis singular.
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Mad Abdullahi and Geedi Fool, should exercised diplomacy instead of relying Ethiopia’s mighty force to combat 200 anarchists. There is no battlefield in Somalia, only graveyards.
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Hussein Aidid is in Asmara Eritrea!!! today
This weak tfg is falling apart everyday!!!
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Walaahi o Bilaahi O talahi, America and Ethiopia underestimated the capabilites of Somali people. America used Ethiopia-our rival enemy to invade our country, and they want to get PEACE?? This war is no way near-over, America has seen our strenghts now, its time for Ethiopia to experience. America potrays us 'terorirst' WHO THE HELL DID WE TERORISE? did Mogadishu people went America and blown them self up?. I think its time for us somali people wake-up and stand up to defend our relgion. Somalia is so unique, that the west does not like it, for goodness sake, we are people, with one religion, one culture, one tradition, one language AND YET DIVIDED. Only Islam will unite us all, only Islam will bring us from devestation and cruetly. Insha'alah
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The only way to end this evil is through war. We might not like it but the enemy seeks to settle their difference on the battle field.
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Waring is not the answer, there is got to be a better solution to end our differences?
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381 KILLED
565 WOUNDED
FOR WHAT.. THE MORYAN THUGS ARE FIGHTING ONLY TO KEEP SOMALIA I RANSOM
XAARAAN WILL ALWAY REMAIN XAARAAN
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anyway if we would have this change we would have done same. I mean giving weapons to Oromo, ONFL and many groups aganist Ethopia. Most somali want ethopia to be divide and have atleast 4 countries, and Ethopia want divide somali and have atleast 3 countries , so they got their chance first.
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We all know all the weapons we got it from ethopia. They either sold or gave to worlords. Somali dont make weapons and we dont have industry to do it. They start giving weapons long time. they gave weapons SNM SSDF USC and all worlords for their intrest. Itis not new to me if they sold their weapons now in to Hamar.
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Yosra, where did u get that news from? from ur very reliable Shabelle or Dayniile correspondents? r u sure they havent fabricated it as they did to the audio few days ago? sister, keep in mind inta la eryo been baa ugu gaabisa!
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With the new arms market mostly sold by Ethiopians themselves
you can defeat the occupation in days this time...
Oh by the way did you know warlord yosof and his mooryaan guards
left Moqdisho weeks ago?
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