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From: Berhane Habtemariam (Berhane.Habtemariam@gmx.de)
Date: Mon Aug 30 2010 - 06:26:22 EDT
Somali gov't appeals for help to fight militants
The Associated Press
Monday, August 30, 2010; 6:05 AM
MOGADISHU, Somalia -- Somalia's government is appealing for more help in its
fight against powerful militants who have recently intensified their
attacks.
President Sheik Sharif Sheik Ahmed said Monday it was unrealistic to expect
the forces of an ill-equipped government to battle the al-Qaida-linked group
al-Shabab.
Ahmed compared al-Shabab's attack on a Mogadishu hotel that killed more than
30 people last week to the violence against governments in
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Iraq, Yemen and
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l> Afghanistan.
He said the world must give Somalia's violence the same priority accorded to
al-Qaida in the Arabian Peninsula, which Washington considers to be a major
threat.
Al-Shabab carried out twin bombings in Uganda during the World Cup final,
killing 76 people.
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