Aircraft bombs Islamist stronghold in Somalia
Posted: Thu Oct 09, 2008 4:22 am
abu mansur is in hamar on vaccation giving openly news conferences and his child soldiers are bombed. what is going on? what is going on? is he listening to marvin gaye.
09 Oct 2008 07:48:58 GMT
Source: Reuters
By Mohamed Ahmed
BAIDOA, Somalia, Oct 9 (Reuters) - An unidentified aircraft bombed an Islamist rebel stronghold in central Somalia on Thursday, witnesses said, but it was not immediately clear if there were any casualties.
"A plane bombarded the outskirts of our village" said Hassan Maalim in Goobgudud, 30 km (18 miles) southwest of Baidoa. "The whole earth shook but we don't know the damage or death it caused. It was flying over us since morning."
Goobgudud is a stronghold of al Shabaab insurgents who have been fighting Somalia's fragile U.N.-backed interim government and its Ethiopian military allies since the start of last year.
There was no immediate word on which aircraft might have carried out Thursday's attack, but U.S. military forces have launched several airstrikes inside Somalia in recent months.
Washington says al Shabaab has links to al Qaeda and says it has provided a safe haven for militants including the suspected bombers of U.S. embassies in Kenya and Tanzania in 1998. (Writing by Daniel Wallis, editing by Philippa Fletcher)
http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/L9280499.htm
09 Oct 2008 07:48:58 GMT
Source: Reuters
By Mohamed Ahmed
BAIDOA, Somalia, Oct 9 (Reuters) - An unidentified aircraft bombed an Islamist rebel stronghold in central Somalia on Thursday, witnesses said, but it was not immediately clear if there were any casualties.
"A plane bombarded the outskirts of our village" said Hassan Maalim in Goobgudud, 30 km (18 miles) southwest of Baidoa. "The whole earth shook but we don't know the damage or death it caused. It was flying over us since morning."
Goobgudud is a stronghold of al Shabaab insurgents who have been fighting Somalia's fragile U.N.-backed interim government and its Ethiopian military allies since the start of last year.
There was no immediate word on which aircraft might have carried out Thursday's attack, but U.S. military forces have launched several airstrikes inside Somalia in recent months.
Washington says al Shabaab has links to al Qaeda and says it has provided a safe haven for militants including the suspected bombers of U.S. embassies in Kenya and Tanzania in 1998. (Writing by Daniel Wallis, editing by Philippa Fletcher)
http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/L9280499.htm