Sunday, June 03, 2007
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MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) — Eight foreign Islamic militants were killed during fighting with Somali government forces in a remote, mountainous northeastern Somali area, the vice president of the region said Saturday.Vice President Hassan Dahir Mohamoud told The Associated Press there were no civilian casualties because the area is uninhabited.
At least one U.S. warship late Friday pounded the area after the government forces clashed with the militants.
Government forces in the semiautonomous northeastern region of Puntland are pursuing another five foreign Islamic militants, said Mohamoud.
He said that the government knew the nationalities of five of the foreign militants: Britain, Eritrea, Sweden, U.S. and Yemen. He said security forces identified them from their passports.
Source: AP, June 03, 2007