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From: Biniam Tekle (biniamt@dehai.org)
Date: Thu Dec 30 2010 - 15:45:57 EST
http://www.shabelle.net/article.php?id=1484 Today, 30th December Somali
forces, Ethiopian military clash in central Somalia
BELET-WEYNE (Sh. M. Network) - At least one Somali soldier and another
civilian injured after the transitional federal government forces clashed
with Ethiopian military troops in Hiran region of central Somalia, reports
said on Thursday.
The confrontation, which lasted a limited amount of time, sparked after
Ethiopian forces took a Somali soldier into custody in Jawil district just
out side of Belet-weyne town, the regional capital of Hiran.
Somali forces in the area had been outraged by the Ethiopian move and in
response Somalis attacked Ethiopians in the region.
Reports from Jawil district, right now, confirm clam has returned in that
place as guns fell silent.
The clash is said to be a clear sign that Ethiopian forces, which had
already crossed into Somalia, are present inside Somalia soil.
Forces from Ethiopia routinely cross into southern and central Somalia
because it fears Islamists whose numbers are growing, experts said. Late in
2006, a large number of Ethiopian troops endorsing the former leader of the
Somali Transitional Federal Government, Abdullahi Yusuf Ahmed, invaded
Somalia and managed to dislodge the Union of Islamic Courts that used to
rule much of southern and central Somalia.
During the invasion, more than 20,000 people died and 1.5 million were
displaced.
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