14 Killed in Muqdisho Mosque

[Shirib]

Ilaah ha u naxriisto all the dead

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Sunday, May 10, 2009

MOGADISHU (AFP) — A mortar shell hit a mosque in Somalia's capital on Sunday killing at least 14 people and raising the toll from days of clashes between Islamist militants and government forces to 39, witnesses said.

"The mortar shell struck at the gate of the mosque. I counted about 14 people who died instantly and 10 others were wounded," Hassan Abdifatah, a worshiper at the mosque in southern Mogadishu, told AFP.

Several other witnesses confirmed the attack.

"I was inside the mosque when I heard a heavy explosion and shrapnel was flying everywhere killing many people," Mumin Haji Yusuf, another worshiper, said.

The fighting erupted on Thursday, with a lull the following day, then escalated Saturday as the two sides battled for control over key positions in war-ravaged Mogadishu.

The Islamist rebels said they had taken control of contested areas in southern Mogadishu, but the government dismissed the claim.

"We have taken control of the ares we fought over with the enemy of Allah," Sheikh Ali Mahmoud, the rebel Islamist official in charge of Mogadishu, told reporters.

Mahmoud claimed the rebels had taken control of Mogadishu stadium, the defence ministry building and a key road all in the south of the sea side city.

But at a news conference, Information Minister Farhan Mohamoud said the insurgents "did not take any position from the government forces."

Source: AFP, May 10, 2009

http://www.hiiraan.com/news2/2009/May/m ... osque.aspx

[sO_sO_Qatar]

Ilaahey haa uu Naaxriisto..

Who bombed them.. Ethopians?

[black velvet]

"We have taken control of the ares we fought over with the enemy of Allah," Sheikh Ali Mahmoud, the rebel Islamist official in charge of Mogadishu, told reporters.

Some people should be beheaded.

[Shirib]

Ilaahey haa uu Naaxriisto..

Who bombed them.. Ethopians?

You're late sis, Ethiopians left a long time ago. This fighting is between the government and Al Shabaab/Xisbul Islam. Doesn't say which group though

[sO_sO_Qatar]

Okay

[SummerRain]

Ilaahay ha uu naxaristo.Amiin.

[faay_omar]

ma'dagaal aa socdo?

[Rightwing]

My deepest sympathy goes out to their families. AUN. may allah except our dua's ameen.

[Shirib]

ma'dagaal aa socdo?

Yes sis, atleast 65 killed in 3 days
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Clashes kill at least 65 in Somalia in 3 days


By Abdi Sheikh
Sunday, May 10, 2009

MOGADISHU, May 10 (Reuters) - Clashes between rival Islamist groups have killed at least 65 people and wounded more than 190 others in three days of battles in Somalia's capital, witnesses and hospital sources said on Sunday.

The Horn of Africa nation's interim government is struggling with a powerful insurgency in one of the world's most dangerous countries, where fighting since late 2006 has killed thousands and forced more than a million more from their homes.

Hundreds of Islamists loyal to the government and opposition al Shabaab militiamen fought with heavy machine guns and mortars in northern Mogadishu over the weekend. "We killed an uncountable number of government fighters and moderate Islamists. Their dead bodies lie in the streets," Sheikh Mohamed Ibrahim Bilal, a senior al Shabaab official, told Reuters.

"Now north Mogadishu is under our control. We swept them from five key positions including Mogadishu football stadium."

Residents and hospital sources said 50 people had been killed in the fighting and 181 others wounded. At least 15 other people were killed and ten injured when a mortar struck a local mosque on Sunday, witnesses said.

"I can see 15 bodies of people killed after a mortar hit a mosque," witness Hassan Abdulle told Reuters by telephone. "They wanted to attend the afternoon prayers."

A local elder told Reuters that foreign fighters were taking part in the clashes. "We see long-bearded Arabs everywhere," Osman Ali said.

There was no independent confirmation of the presence of foreigners. Western security agencies have long feared that Somalia could become a haven for terrorists. The anarchic nation has been without effective central rule since 1991.

Two local reporters were wounded after a mortar struck a news conference, witnesses said.

International donors have pledged at least $213 million to help boost Somalia's security forces. President Sheikh Sharif Ahmed -- a former Islamist rebel -- is seen by many as the best hope in years for restoring stability.

Heavily armed pirates from Somalia have captured dozens of merchant ships off the coast, taking hundreds of hostages and making off with millions of dollars in ransoms. (Additional reporting by Mohamed Ahmed and Ibrahim Mohamed; writing by Jack Kimball; editing by Philippa Fletcher).

Source: Reuters, May 10, 2009

http://www.hiiraan.com/news2/2009/May/c ... _days.aspx

[Jesteye]

Ilaah ha u naxriisto all the dead

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Sunday, May 10, 2009

MOGADISHU (AFP) — A mortar shell hit a mosque in Somalia's capital on Sunday killing at least 14 people and raising the toll from days of clashes between Islamist militants and government forces to 39, witnesses said.

"The mortar shell struck at the gate of the mosque. I counted about 14 people who died instantly and 10 others were wounded," Hassan Abdifatah, a worshiper at the mosque in southern Mogadishu, told AFP.

Several other witnesses confirmed the attack.

"I was inside the mosque when I heard a heavy explosion and shrapnel was flying everywhere killing many people," Mumin Haji Yusuf, another worshiper, said.

The fighting erupted on Thursday, with a lull the following day, then escalated Saturday as the two sides battled for control over key positions in war-ravaged Mogadishu.

The Islamist rebels said they had taken control of contested areas in southern Mogadishu, but the government dismissed the claim.

"We have taken control of the ares we fought over with the enemy of Allah," Sheikh Ali Mahmoud, the rebel Islamist official in charge of Mogadishu, told reporters.

Mahmoud claimed the rebels had taken control of Mogadishu stadium, the defence ministry building and a key road all in the south of the sea side city.

But at a news conference, Information Minister Farhan Mohamoud said the insurgents "did not take any position from the government forces."

Source: AFP, May 10, 2009

http://www.hiiraan.com/news2/2009/May/m ... osque.aspx

Al-shaydaan bombarded Cabdalle and Cawarere Masjid.

This whole fighting is between fighters from the four out of the seven founding courts of ICU namely (Baramudo, Karan, Xariryale, and Al-furqaan).
Watch the BBC video of the fighters in Bur-hindi wardhigley.

Link:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/8042678.stm

[*Nobleman*]

AUN all of them.

[galia]

Apparently Al-shaydaan call it Jihad, lol

I call it Murder

[AbdiWahab252]

AUN !


Jesteye,

Walalo, so its the Masjidka Cabdalla iyo Cawarere ?

[Captain24]

Allah ha u naxariisto. The thing that's hurting me the most is, when AMISOM and Ethiopians kill Somalis, Somali shed tears, but when It's a Somali vs Somali, It's nothing

[Cawar]

AUN.

But the hawiye's numero uno enemy is another hawiye..quite frankly.