Mogadishu: Thousands flee fighting yet again

[FAH1223]

^ over qabiil or religion

nothing is about religion man

they fighting for their interests, its nothing new just because we now have groups chanting allah akbar

[American-Suufi]

^ over qabiil or religion

nothing is about religion man

they fighting for their interests, its nothing new just because we now have groups chanting allah akbar

somalis make islam look it like shrib.

[abdikarim86]

^ over qabiil or religion

nothing is about religion man

they fighting for their interests, its nothing new just because we now have groups chanting allah akbar

true

everything is about interest

[surrender]

can anyone sum the news up in somali or english plz! thanks

[Voltage]

May God help the masaakiin caught in the cross fire.

[faay_omar]

May God help the masaakiin caught in the cross fire.

Amiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiin

[Firefly]

^ Ameen! It's times like these I wonder am I really from this country?

[FAH1223]

^ Ameen! It's times like these I wonder am I really from this country?

now you know why I'm pessimistic about our people

[Firefly]

^ Ameen! It's times like these I wonder am I really from this country?

now you know why I'm pessimistic about our people

I don't blame you when all you hear is bad news. It's truly depressing. I just pray for the innocent people in this conflict. May Allah (swt) give them sabr and safeguard them, insha-Allah.

[Somalian_Boqor]

can anyone sum the news up in somali or english plz! thanks

It's the same old news from Mogadishu abaayo. Nothing new.


MOGADISHU, May 8 (Reuters) - At least 12 people were killed and scores wounded in clashes between Somalia's rebels and pro-government militias in the latest fighting in the anarchic Horn of Africa country, witnesses and militia said on Friday.

President Sheikh Sharif Ahmed's government is struggling against a powerful insurgency and trying to woo other rebels over to his administration, seen by many as the best hope to restore peace after 18 years of war.

Al Shabaab fighters and those of an Islamist group loyal to the government exchanged mortar and anti-aircraft fire late on Thursday along an industrial road in the Somali capital, residents said.

"The stubborn opposition attacked our fighters and the government soldiers on our side," Sheikh Abdirahim Isse Adow, a spokesman for the pro-government Islamic Courts Union, told Reuters by telephone.

"We killed eight of them and injured 30 others in one spot. I am sure more died. We also captured an anti-aircraft missile mounted on a battle wagon from them. From our side, four died and six others were injured. Innocent civilians were also injured."

Al Shabaab officials were not available for comment.

Residents said they saw at least 16 bodies and hospital sources said 55 people were injured in the fighting.

"We have no hope of peace ... I have not seen battle wagons fighting in Mogadishu for years," said resident Halima Ali.

In another incident in central Somalia, al Shabaab captured 200 new recruits heading for police training in Mogadishu, a local official said.

"Al Shabaab disappeared with them into the jungle and blindfolded them. These recruits were not armed but I think they will not be killed," said Mohamed Barqadle, chairman of Buloburde district in the central region of Hiran.

Somalia, without an effective central government since 1991, has become synonymous with anarchy, and pickup trucks with machineguns mounted on the back are its signature image.

Thousands of people have been killed and one million displaced in fighting since Ethiopian troops ousted the Islamic Courts Union from Mogadishu in late 2006, making Somalia one of the world's worst humanitarian emergencies. (Reporting by Abdi Sheikh, Abdi Guled and Ibrahim Mohamed; Writing by Jack Kimball; Editing by Andrew Dobbie)