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Reuters poor reporting on Fighting in North Somalia

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They refer to Khaatumo as separatists and secessionists. WTF :lol: :lol:

Somaliland troops and separatists clash, five killed

(Reuters) - At least four Somaliland troops and one rebel fighter loyal to the breakaway enclave's secessionists were killed during clashes on Sunday, both sides said.

The fighting first erupted in January after the leaders of the northern regions of Sool, Sanaag and Cayn decided to band together into a new state called Khaatumo and declared they wanted to be an independent region within Somalia.

Somaliland's troops have since clashed with militia fighters loyal to Khaatumo, with reports of dozens of casualties.

Somaliland is an internationally unrecognized state that declared independence from Somalia in 1991.

The newly declared Khaatumo state is near the border with Ethiopia and is a disputed area that Somaliland seized from Puntland in 2007, though relations between the two territories have improved since.

"Militia loyal to anti-Somaliland groups in Buhodle and South Sool simultaneously began (fighting) in the early hours of dawn. The army repulsed attacks on both fronts," said Osman Abdillahi, a spokesman for Somaliland's defense ministry.

Abdillahi said four Somaliland government soldiers were killed and 10 injured during the fighting. Mohamed Yousouf, a spokesman for the secessionists, said one of their fighters was killed and two were injured.

(Reporting by Hussein Ali Nur and Mark Anderson; Editing by Duncan Miriri and Karolina Tagaris)
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SOM1960 wrote:(Reporting by Hussein Ali Nur)
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Advo wrote:
SOM1960 wrote:(Reporting by Hussein Ali Nur)
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it must be a headache for international news media to write about somalia.

editor: "ok, so what is this all about and who is the kaatowmu rebel group and who are they fighting?"
journalist : "kaatomu group are a rebel group fighting somaliland in northern somalia"
editor: "say again? and where is somaliland?"
journalist : "well somaliland is a secessionist entity in northern somalia"
editor: "let me this straight, kaatomu are separatist group who want independence from somaliland who in turn want Independence from somalia?"
journalist: yes and no, kaatowmu actually believe they are part of somalia proper, and do not have the same secessionist ambitions as somaliland therefore they do not consider themselves secessionist but actually unionists fighting against secessionist somaliland. somaliland on the other hand considers kaatowmu to be separatist rebels.
editor: "and i thought my divorce was a headche."
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reporting by Hussein Ali Noor in Hargeisa
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MrSinister wrote:it must be a headache for international news media to write about somalia.

editor: "ok, so what is this all about and who is the kaatowmu rebel group and who are they fighting?"
journalist : "kaatomu group are a rebel group fighting somaliland in northern somalia"
editor: "say again? and where is somaliland?"
journalist : "well somaliland is a secessionist entity in northern somalia"
editor: "let me this straight, kaatomu are separatist group who want independence from somaliland who in turn want Independence from somalia?"
journalist: yes and no, kaatowmu actually believe they are part of somalia proper, and do not have the same secessionist ambitions as somaliland therefore they do not consider themselves secessionist but actually unionists fighting against secessionist somaliland. somaliland on the other hand considers kaatowmu to be separatist rebels.
editor: "and i thought my divorce was a headche."
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Jaidi wrote:
Advo wrote:
SOM1960 wrote:(Reporting by Hussein Ali Nur)
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Advo wrote:
SOM1960 wrote:(Reporting by Hussein Ali Nur)
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:lol: :lol: Mark Anderson is reporting from hargeisa http://twitter.com/#!/mark_anderson13
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