From: Biniam Haile \(SWE\) (eritrea.lave@comhem.se)
Date: Fri Sep 05 2008 - 15:29:01 EDT
Insurgents target Ethiopian army convoy in Somalia countryside, 5 killed
5 Sep 5, 2008 - 2:35:36 PM
BAIDOA, Somalia Sep 5 (Garowe Online) - At least five people were
killed in south-central Somalia on Friday after Islamist insurgents
targeted an Ethiopian army convoy that left the town of Baidoa, sources
said.
Two Ethiopian soldiers were killed in the ambush, while the insurgents
lost three fighters, according to witnesses.
One of the Ethiopian army's trucks was "burned" in Bardale town, which
is located 55km southwest of Baidoa, seat of Somalia's interim federal
parliament.
"We attacked Ethiopian forces near Bardale and inflicted heavy
casualties," said Abdirahim Isse Addow, a spokesman for the military
wing of the Islamic Courts Union.
He admitted that two Islamist fighters were killed during the battle,
whereby both sides used machineguns and rocket launchers.
As routine, there was no official word from the Ethiopian military
regarding attacks in Somalia.
Islamist rebels have led a bloody anti-Ethiopia insurgency since January
2007, after Ethiopian troops invaded Mogadishu and ousted the Somali
capital's Islamic Courts rulers.
Source: Garowe Online
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