Thursday, May 31, 2007

At Least 80 Killed in Intensified Fighting in Somalia

The HindustanTimes.com website has this update on the continued fighting in Somalia. It starts off like this... At least 80 people, including many civilians, have been killed in intensified fighting in Somalia over the past two days, according to hospital sources... Around 300 people have been wounded in the fighting - some of the fiercest Mogadishu has seen since the transitional government took over the capital in December... An Ethiopian helicopter scouring the Somali capital for insurgents was shot down and crash-landed near Mogadishu's International Airport on Friday... Smoke billowed from the landing site, after the helicopter was shot down by an anti-aircraft missile...
Read the rest of the story HERE

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