கல்லாலடித்துக் கொல்லப்படும் பெண்ணைக் காக்க வந்த குழந்தை சுட்டுக் கொல்லப்பட்டது. அமைதி மார்க்கத்தின் ஷரியா சட்டம்தான் எத்தனை உயர்ந்தது பாருங்கள். இனியும் என்ன தயக்கம், அந்த மரண அமைதி வேறெந்த மார்க்கத்தில் கிட்டும், சேருவோம் வாருங்கள் என்று அழைக்கிறார் சோமாலிய ஷேக்.
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A woman accused of adultery was stoned to death by Islamists in Somalia.
Asha Ibrahim Dhuhulow, 23, was buried up to her neck in front of hundreds of people Monday in a square in Kismayu and stones were hurled at her head. She was dragged out of the hole three times to see if she was dead.
Islamists said Dhuhulow wanted punishment under Sharia law.
"A woman in green veil and black mask was brought in a car as we waited to watch the merciless act of stoning," said Abdullahi Aden, who witnessed the execution. "We were told she submitted herself to be punished, yet we could see her screaming as she was forcefully bound, legs and hands."
When a relative and others surged forward to rescue her, guards opened fire and killed a child, witnesses said.
"[Dhuhulow] was asked several times to review her confession but she stressed that she wanted Sharia law and the deserved punishment to apply," local leader Sheikh Hayakallah said.
But her sister, who asked not to be named, said: "The stoning was totally irreligious and illogical
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Wednesday, October 29, 2008
Tuesday, March 18, 2008
தலைகளை துண்டிப்பது தொடரும்...- சோமாலிய இஸ்லாமிய தலைவர் அறிவிப்பு
தலைகளை துண்டிப்பது தொடரும்...- சோமாலிய இஸ்லாமிய தலைவர் அறிவிப்பு
Somali Islamist leader rejects talks with gov't
Sun 16 Mar 2008, 11:55 GMT
[-] Text [+] By Aweys Yusuf
MOGADISHU, March 16 (Reuters) - A senior Somali Islamist leader rejected on Sunday an offer of talks by the interim government to end insurgent attacks, including beheadings, that have sparked one of the world's worst humanitarian crises.
Somali Prime Minister Nur Hassan Hussein said last Wednesday his government was ready to negotiate with opposition groups to end a 15-month insurgency against government troops and their Ethiopian military allies.
Calling for international mediation led by the United Nations' special envoy to Somalia, Hussein said the government was willing to hold talks in any location to end fighting that local aid groups said had killed 6,500 people last year.
Islamist leader Sheikh Hassan Dahir Aweys dismissed the offer, saying his sharia courts movement and its fighters did not recognise the government of the war-ruined country.
"This is not a government. We believe they are people who brought the enemy forces to our country. They are criminals," Aweys, a hardline Muslim cleric, told Reuters in an interview.
"Our fight is against Ethiopia and as long as they are there Somalis cannot have dialogue," he said by phone from Eritrea, where he is living in exile after fleeing Somalia last year.
Aweys, who the United States says is linked to al Qaeda, said the Islamists were "freedom fighters".
"The country is under Ethiopian colonisation and must be liberated from the enemy," said the former army colonel who was decorated for bravery in a war against rival Ethiopia in 1977.
Many Somalis living in the shell-shattered capital fear the Islamists' refusal to accept talks unless historic foe Ethiopia withdraws its troops signals more attacks which are already forcing some 20,000 civilians to flee Mogadishu every month.
Islamist insurgents were accused of spreading terror by cutting the heads off three Somali soldiers last week.
The head of the U.N. refugee agency told Reuters last Thursday that Somalia's problem was "intractable" with no sign of improvement. Guillermo Bettocchi said Somalia was a "negelected crisis" which surpassed Sudan's Darfur region.
Sheikh Aweys led Somalia's Islamic Courts Council, which ruled Mogadishu and much of southern Somalia in the second half of 2006, before it was ousted by allied Somali-Ethiopian forces.
Aweys recognised Prime Minister Hussein as "humble and a peace lover".
"But we are very sorry that he has placed himself in this position," he added.
The Horn of Africa country has had no effective government since warlords overthrew dictator Mohammed Siad Barre in 1991 and then turned on each other, plunging the country into chaos.
The remnants of Aweys' movement is now blamed for an Iraq-style insurgency punctuated with roadside bombings, assassinations and grenade attacks.
(Editing by Katie Nguyen)
(For full Reuters Africa coverage and to have your say on the top issues, visit: http://africa.reuters.com/ )
Somali Islamist leader rejects talks with gov't
Sun 16 Mar 2008, 11:55 GMT
[-] Text [+] By Aweys Yusuf
MOGADISHU, March 16 (Reuters) - A senior Somali Islamist leader rejected on Sunday an offer of talks by the interim government to end insurgent attacks, including beheadings, that have sparked one of the world's worst humanitarian crises.
Somali Prime Minister Nur Hassan Hussein said last Wednesday his government was ready to negotiate with opposition groups to end a 15-month insurgency against government troops and their Ethiopian military allies.
Calling for international mediation led by the United Nations' special envoy to Somalia, Hussein said the government was willing to hold talks in any location to end fighting that local aid groups said had killed 6,500 people last year.
Islamist leader Sheikh Hassan Dahir Aweys dismissed the offer, saying his sharia courts movement and its fighters did not recognise the government of the war-ruined country.
"This is not a government. We believe they are people who brought the enemy forces to our country. They are criminals," Aweys, a hardline Muslim cleric, told Reuters in an interview.
"Our fight is against Ethiopia and as long as they are there Somalis cannot have dialogue," he said by phone from Eritrea, where he is living in exile after fleeing Somalia last year.
Aweys, who the United States says is linked to al Qaeda, said the Islamists were "freedom fighters".
"The country is under Ethiopian colonisation and must be liberated from the enemy," said the former army colonel who was decorated for bravery in a war against rival Ethiopia in 1977.
Many Somalis living in the shell-shattered capital fear the Islamists' refusal to accept talks unless historic foe Ethiopia withdraws its troops signals more attacks which are already forcing some 20,000 civilians to flee Mogadishu every month.
Islamist insurgents were accused of spreading terror by cutting the heads off three Somali soldiers last week.
The head of the U.N. refugee agency told Reuters last Thursday that Somalia's problem was "intractable" with no sign of improvement. Guillermo Bettocchi said Somalia was a "negelected crisis" which surpassed Sudan's Darfur region.
Sheikh Aweys led Somalia's Islamic Courts Council, which ruled Mogadishu and much of southern Somalia in the second half of 2006, before it was ousted by allied Somali-Ethiopian forces.
Aweys recognised Prime Minister Hussein as "humble and a peace lover".
"But we are very sorry that he has placed himself in this position," he added.
The Horn of Africa country has had no effective government since warlords overthrew dictator Mohammed Siad Barre in 1991 and then turned on each other, plunging the country into chaos.
The remnants of Aweys' movement is now blamed for an Iraq-style insurgency punctuated with roadside bombings, assassinations and grenade attacks.
(Editing by Katie Nguyen)
(For full Reuters Africa coverage and to have your say on the top issues, visit: http://africa.reuters.com/ )
Saturday, November 17, 2007
எத்தியோப்பிய பெண்கள் குழந்தைகள் தலைகளை துண்டிக்க அல்குவேதா உறுதி
எத்தியோப்பிய பெண்கள் குழந்தைகள் தலைகளை துண்டிக்க அல்குவேதா உறுதிமொழி எடுத்துள்ளது.
November 15, 2007
Al Qaeda in Somalia Promises to Behead Ethiopian Children
Aden Hashi Farah Ayro (alt. "Eyrow), the leader of the African Courts Union's Hizbal Shabaab youth movement today threatened to kill any and all African Union troops sent to Somalia as peacekeepers. He specifically threatened Ugandan and Burundi troops which are preparing to enter Somalia.
He also warned that Somalian jihadis would someday reach the capital of Ethiopia and behead women and children there.
[The website most likely to have published the audio seems to be down at the moment. It's hosted by Yahoo! UPDATE: Nope, website back up and can't find audio there. Another Somali website, affiliated with the Islamic Courts Union and hosted in Michigan doesn't have the audio either. If you know where this is, please e-mail me.]
And if there was any doubt that the Islamists of the African Courts Union, who I've dubbed the 'African Taliban', are connected to al Qaeda, please let this put it to rest: Ayro's began his audio address by greeting Osama bin Laden.
Just so this won't get lost down the memory hole: many in the State Department, prior to the Ethiopian invasion of Somalia, were urging the U.S. to recognize the African Taliban as the legitimate government there in an effort to reach out to 'moderates' and to 'bring stability' to the war-torn nation even as supporters of the African Courts Union were holding up signs praising bin Laden.
Reuters:
A Somali Islamist commander, thought to be al Qaeda's man in Mogadishu, has ordered his fighters to attack African Union (AU) peacekeepers in rare taped comments intended to bolster an anti-government insurgency.
Somali Web sites that posted the 20-minute recording named the speaker as Aden Hashi Ayro, who has been in hiding since his sharia courts group was ousted from its southern strongholds by joint Somali-Ethiopian forces in January....
Ayro, who security and intelligence sources say trained in assassination and insurgency tactics in Afghanistan in the late 1990s, vowed to take the fighting to the Ethiopian capital.
"They beheaded our children, women and elderly people in Mogadishu and we must behead theirs in Addis Ababa," he said.....
He prefaced his message with a greeting to all Mujahadeen groups and al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden.
November 15, 2007
Al Qaeda in Somalia Promises to Behead Ethiopian Children
Aden Hashi Farah Ayro (alt. "Eyrow), the leader of the African Courts Union's Hizbal Shabaab youth movement today threatened to kill any and all African Union troops sent to Somalia as peacekeepers. He specifically threatened Ugandan and Burundi troops which are preparing to enter Somalia.
He also warned that Somalian jihadis would someday reach the capital of Ethiopia and behead women and children there.
[The website most likely to have published the audio seems to be down at the moment. It's hosted by Yahoo! UPDATE: Nope, website back up and can't find audio there. Another Somali website, affiliated with the Islamic Courts Union and hosted in Michigan doesn't have the audio either. If you know where this is, please e-mail me.]
And if there was any doubt that the Islamists of the African Courts Union, who I've dubbed the 'African Taliban', are connected to al Qaeda, please let this put it to rest: Ayro's began his audio address by greeting Osama bin Laden.
Just so this won't get lost down the memory hole: many in the State Department, prior to the Ethiopian invasion of Somalia, were urging the U.S. to recognize the African Taliban as the legitimate government there in an effort to reach out to 'moderates' and to 'bring stability' to the war-torn nation even as supporters of the African Courts Union were holding up signs praising bin Laden.
Reuters:
A Somali Islamist commander, thought to be al Qaeda's man in Mogadishu, has ordered his fighters to attack African Union (AU) peacekeepers in rare taped comments intended to bolster an anti-government insurgency.
Somali Web sites that posted the 20-minute recording named the speaker as Aden Hashi Ayro, who has been in hiding since his sharia courts group was ousted from its southern strongholds by joint Somali-Ethiopian forces in January....
Ayro, who security and intelligence sources say trained in assassination and insurgency tactics in Afghanistan in the late 1990s, vowed to take the fighting to the Ethiopian capital.
"They beheaded our children, women and elderly people in Mogadishu and we must behead theirs in Addis Ababa," he said.....
He prefaced his message with a greeting to all Mujahadeen groups and al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden.
Wednesday, July 25, 2007
சோமாலியா: இஸ்லாமிய பயங்கரவாதிகள் குண்டு வீசியதில் கர்ப்பிணி பெண் பலி
முஸ்லீம் பயங்கரவாதிகள் சோமாலிய அரசாங்க வீரர்களை தாக்கி வருகின்றனர். அவர்கள் மார்க்கெட், சந்தை ஆகிய இடங்களில் குண்டு வீசுகின்றனர். இதில் இரண்டு பேர் பலியானார்கள். ஒரு கர்ப்பிணி பெண்ணும் இதில் பலியானார்.
Somalia: Overnight bomb blasts wound two in Mogadishu
Aweys Osman Yusuf
Mogadishu 25, July.07 ( Sh.M.Network)- At least two persons have been wounded after Somalia's suspected Islamist-led rebels hurled grenades at government police stations in Heliwa and Medina districts in southern and northern parts of the capital, Mogadishu, last night.
The attacks took place minutes of each other, according to witnesses in the areas.
Hussein Ahmed, a witness, told Shabelle that unknown gunmen attacked Galbeed police station in Medina. "We have heard a huge bomb blast and less than a minute, exchanges of gunfire followed," he said.
He said the neighbors rushed two civilians who were wounded in the crossfire to a hospital after the brief gun battle halted.
No casualties have been reported from the grenade attacks against the government troops in Heliwa.
On Tuesday three people were killed after unknown gunmen carried out an ambush attack against government troops based in Bar Ubah neighborhood, south of the capital. Among the killed was a pregnant woman.
Mohammed Sheik Osman, one of two people who were wounded in the blast, told Shabelle that bomb targeted the government soldiers that were passing by the road of Bar Ubah.
"Everything was normal until the blast interrupted everything. When the explosion occurred, I got wounded by the shrapnel in the leg and I saw three people, including a pregnant woman, bleeding and not moving at all," he said.
Osman has also indicated that he and another person have been wounded in the explosion.
Other witnesses said government forces opened fired randomly after the incident.
Friday, July 20, 2007
சோமாலியா சமாதான மாநாட்டில் முஸ்லீம் பயங்கரவாதிகள் குண்டு வீச்சில் 6 குழந்தைகள் பலி
சோமாலியாவில் சமாதான மாநாடு நடைபெற உள்ளது. அங்கு இஸ்லாமிய தீவிரவாதிகள் மோர்ட்டர் தாக்குதல் நடத்திவருகின்றனர்
மாநாட்டுக்கு அருகே மைதானத்தில் குண்டு விழுந்து 6 குழந்தைகள் பலியானார்கள்.
6 Children Killed in SomaliaMOHAMED OLAD HASSAN
The Associated Press
MOGADISHU, Somalia - At least six children were killed in mortar attacks Thursday not far from a building where a long-awaited peace conference opened in the Somali capital, the mayor said.
The children died as they played soccer a few hundred yards from the conference, said Mayor Mohamed Dheere, adding that three others were wounded.
"Terrorists were behind these mortar attacks. They wanted to undermine the peace process and they missed their target and killed children," Dheere said.
The conference had opened briefly Sunday, but was postponed after eight mortar rounds landed near the venue. The meeting has been delayed several times due to violence and infighting.
In the latest shelling, residents near the conference in a northern part of the Somali capital heard five mortar explosions, said police Col. Abdi Shino, who added that none hit the venue.
The reconciliation conference began hours after a short gunbattle killed at least two people.
More than 1,200 delegates were tackling issues that have stoked Somalia's 16-year conflict, such as clan arguments, looted property, a new constitution and general elections by 2009, said Ali Mahdi Mohamed, the organizing committee's chairman.
Prime Minister Ali Mohamed Gedi said the Mogadishu conference was "historic," despite opposition.
Abdirahman Mohamud Shift, a conference spokesman, said organizers hoped the talks would last a month. He said the talks would resume Saturday.
The reconciliation conference was a key requirement of the transitional charter that led to the government's 2004 formation.
Only junior representatives of the Hawiye, a major clan, attended the opening. Hawiye elders have been key critics of the conference, questioning its independence of government interference.
Late Wednesday, a battle between government soldiers and suspected insurgents broke out near Mogadishu's Bakaara Market.
"It was the worst gunbattle I have ever heard. They used all sorts of weapons, heavy machine guns and rocket-propelled grenades," said Mohamud Ibrahim, who watched from a hotel's rooftop.
A government soldier and a civilian were killed, police said.
Over the weekend, Islamic militants threatened to disrupt the gathering, saying anyone who takes part "is sentenced to death." The threat came from the Shabab, the militant wing of an Islamic group that ruled much of southern Somalia for six months last year. The group was driven from its strongholds in December, but vowed to launch an Iraq-style insurgency until Somalia is ruled by an Islamic theocracy.
Mogadishu has seen little peace since government troops backed by Ethiopian forces drove Islamic hard-liners out. Bombs, attacks on government installations, assassination attempts and gunbattles are common, with civilians caught in the crossfire.
The government said the Shabab's threats would not disrupt the conference. Somali and Ethiopian troops patrolled the streets and dozens of checkpoints were set up along roads.
Somalia has been mired in chaos since 1991, when warlords overthrew dictator Mohamed Siad Barre and then turned against one another. The United Nations-backed government has struggled to assert control since it formed in 2004.
Uganda has about 1,700 troops in Somalia, as the vanguard of an African Union peacekeeping force, though so far no other countries have sent reinforcements. On Wednesday, the AU voted to extend its mission for another six months until January 2008.
மாநாட்டுக்கு அருகே மைதானத்தில் குண்டு விழுந்து 6 குழந்தைகள் பலியானார்கள்.
6 Children Killed in SomaliaMOHAMED OLAD HASSAN
The Associated Press
MOGADISHU, Somalia - At least six children were killed in mortar attacks Thursday not far from a building where a long-awaited peace conference opened in the Somali capital, the mayor said.
The children died as they played soccer a few hundred yards from the conference, said Mayor Mohamed Dheere, adding that three others were wounded.
"Terrorists were behind these mortar attacks. They wanted to undermine the peace process and they missed their target and killed children," Dheere said.
The conference had opened briefly Sunday, but was postponed after eight mortar rounds landed near the venue. The meeting has been delayed several times due to violence and infighting.
In the latest shelling, residents near the conference in a northern part of the Somali capital heard five mortar explosions, said police Col. Abdi Shino, who added that none hit the venue.
The reconciliation conference began hours after a short gunbattle killed at least two people.
More than 1,200 delegates were tackling issues that have stoked Somalia's 16-year conflict, such as clan arguments, looted property, a new constitution and general elections by 2009, said Ali Mahdi Mohamed, the organizing committee's chairman.
Prime Minister Ali Mohamed Gedi said the Mogadishu conference was "historic," despite opposition.
Abdirahman Mohamud Shift, a conference spokesman, said organizers hoped the talks would last a month. He said the talks would resume Saturday.
The reconciliation conference was a key requirement of the transitional charter that led to the government's 2004 formation.
Only junior representatives of the Hawiye, a major clan, attended the opening. Hawiye elders have been key critics of the conference, questioning its independence of government interference.
Late Wednesday, a battle between government soldiers and suspected insurgents broke out near Mogadishu's Bakaara Market.
"It was the worst gunbattle I have ever heard. They used all sorts of weapons, heavy machine guns and rocket-propelled grenades," said Mohamud Ibrahim, who watched from a hotel's rooftop.
A government soldier and a civilian were killed, police said.
Over the weekend, Islamic militants threatened to disrupt the gathering, saying anyone who takes part "is sentenced to death." The threat came from the Shabab, the militant wing of an Islamic group that ruled much of southern Somalia for six months last year. The group was driven from its strongholds in December, but vowed to launch an Iraq-style insurgency until Somalia is ruled by an Islamic theocracy.
Mogadishu has seen little peace since government troops backed by Ethiopian forces drove Islamic hard-liners out. Bombs, attacks on government installations, assassination attempts and gunbattles are common, with civilians caught in the crossfire.
The government said the Shabab's threats would not disrupt the conference. Somali and Ethiopian troops patrolled the streets and dozens of checkpoints were set up along roads.
Somalia has been mired in chaos since 1991, when warlords overthrew dictator Mohamed Siad Barre and then turned against one another. The United Nations-backed government has struggled to assert control since it formed in 2004.
Uganda has about 1,700 troops in Somalia, as the vanguard of an African Union peacekeeping force, though so far no other countries have sent reinforcements. On Wednesday, the AU voted to extend its mission for another six months until January 2008.
Sunday, July 15, 2007
சொமாலியா:ஜாதி ஒற்றுமை மாநாட்டில் குண்டு வீச்சு 4 பலி
சோமாலியாவில் ஒன்றோடு ஒன்று போர் புரியும் பல்வேறு ஜாதிகளை இணைத்து ச்மாதானம் பேச மாநாடு அமைக்கப்பட இருக்கிறது. அதற்கு முன்னர், இஸ்லாமிய பயங்கரவாதிகள் வீசிய குண்டில் 4 பொதுமக்கள் பலியானார்கள்.
Four civilians killed in Mogadishu
Sat, 14 Jul 2007 18:06:02
Four civilians have been killed in Mogadishu on the eve of a peace parley which many fear could touch off a new wave of attacks.
Three people were shot dead and one died in a grenade explosion in Mogadishu as terrified residents left the capital, fearing a surge in attacks aimed at disrupting the clan reconciliation meeting.
The attacks come as Somali government forces backed by Ethiopian troops and African Union peacekeepers have beefed up efforts to secure the capital ahead of the much-delayed National Reconciliation Congress.
On Saturday, heavily-armed troops sealed off areas around the venue for the talks, frisking pedestrians and vehicles while others took up positions around major hotels where delegates will stay, an AFP correspondent reported.
HS/IS
Four civilians killed in Mogadishu
Sat, 14 Jul 2007 18:06:02
Four civilians have been killed in Mogadishu on the eve of a peace parley which many fear could touch off a new wave of attacks.
Three people were shot dead and one died in a grenade explosion in Mogadishu as terrified residents left the capital, fearing a surge in attacks aimed at disrupting the clan reconciliation meeting.
The attacks come as Somali government forces backed by Ethiopian troops and African Union peacekeepers have beefed up efforts to secure the capital ahead of the much-delayed National Reconciliation Congress.
On Saturday, heavily-armed troops sealed off areas around the venue for the talks, frisking pedestrians and vehicles while others took up positions around major hotels where delegates will stay, an AFP correspondent reported.
HS/IS
Tuesday, June 26, 2007
சோமாலியா: சந்தை தெருவில் முஸ்லீம் பயங்கரவாதிகளால் வைக்கப்பட்ட வெடிகுண்டில் 5 பெண்கள் பலி
சோமாலியா: சந்தை தெருவில் முஸ்லீம் பயங்கரவாதிகளால் வைக்கப்பட்ட வெடிகுண்டில் 5 பெண்கள் பலியானார்கள்.
மொகாடிஷூ நகரத்திலிருந்து முஸ்லீம் தீவிரவாதிகள் துரத்தப்பட்டுவிட்டதால், அவர்கள் இப்படிப்பட்ட தாக்குதல்களில் ஈடுபட்டுவருகிறார்கள்.
Blast kills five women in Mogadishu-witnesses
Tue Jun 26, 2007 10:12AM BST
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By Guled Mohamed
MOGADISHU, June 26 (Reuters) - A suspected bomb blast killed five women outside a busy market in the Somali capital Mogadishu on Tuesday, witnesses said.
Residents said an explosive device was apparently detonated by the burning of garbage in the city's central Howlwadag area.
"Five died, I could not count the wounded. They were all women who were cleaning the streets," said Hawa Ibrahim, a cleaner who witnessed the blast. "We will stop the clean-up exercise. No one is willing to die for cleaning the street."
Businesswoman Hawa Jama described an "ugly scene".
"I could not count the dead, I just glanced at once and ran away for my life," she told Reuters.
The seaside capital has been hit by near-daily insurgent attacks targeting government troops and their Ethiopian military allies that are blamed on an ousted Islamist movement.
The latest blast came after heavy clashes overnight in the north and south of the city between suspected Islamist fighters, police and Ethiopian troops.
A senior policeman in the north said assailants armed with machine guns, rocket-propelled grenades and artillery mounted on trucks attacked police in Horuwa, an Islamist stronghold.
"They attacked the policemen thrice and were repulsed every time they attacked," the officer said. "No policeman was killed or wounded. ... This was the heaviest attack on our forces since a curfew was imposed last Friday."
Residents in the area said three people were killed and others wounded when a rocket crashed into a family home.
One local, Abdullahi Abdi, said sporadic shooting could be be heard early on Tuesday, and that Ethiopian troops had sealed off streets and posted snipers on tall buildings.
மொகாடிஷூ நகரத்திலிருந்து முஸ்லீம் தீவிரவாதிகள் துரத்தப்பட்டுவிட்டதால், அவர்கள் இப்படிப்பட்ட தாக்குதல்களில் ஈடுபட்டுவருகிறார்கள்.
Blast kills five women in Mogadishu-witnesses
Tue Jun 26, 2007 10:12AM BST
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By Guled Mohamed
MOGADISHU, June 26 (Reuters) - A suspected bomb blast killed five women outside a busy market in the Somali capital Mogadishu on Tuesday, witnesses said.
Residents said an explosive device was apparently detonated by the burning of garbage in the city's central Howlwadag area.
"Five died, I could not count the wounded. They were all women who were cleaning the streets," said Hawa Ibrahim, a cleaner who witnessed the blast. "We will stop the clean-up exercise. No one is willing to die for cleaning the street."
Businesswoman Hawa Jama described an "ugly scene".
"I could not count the dead, I just glanced at once and ran away for my life," she told Reuters.
The seaside capital has been hit by near-daily insurgent attacks targeting government troops and their Ethiopian military allies that are blamed on an ousted Islamist movement.
The latest blast came after heavy clashes overnight in the north and south of the city between suspected Islamist fighters, police and Ethiopian troops.
A senior policeman in the north said assailants armed with machine guns, rocket-propelled grenades and artillery mounted on trucks attacked police in Horuwa, an Islamist stronghold.
"They attacked the policemen thrice and were repulsed every time they attacked," the officer said. "No policeman was killed or wounded. ... This was the heaviest attack on our forces since a curfew was imposed last Friday."
Residents in the area said three people were killed and others wounded when a rocket crashed into a family home.
One local, Abdullahi Abdi, said sporadic shooting could be be heard early on Tuesday, and that Ethiopian troops had sealed off streets and posted snipers on tall buildings.
Tuesday, June 19, 2007
சோமாலியா சமாதான மாநாட்டில் குண்டுவெடித்து 2 பேர் பலி
சோமாலிய தலைநகர் மொகாடிஷுவிலிருந்து இஸ்லாமிய தீவிரவாதிகள் துரத்தப்பட்டதிலிருந்து பொதுமக்கள் மீதான தாக்குதல்கள் அதிகரித்துள்ளன
சமாதான மாநாட்டிற்கு வெளியே ரிமோட் கண்ட்ரோல் குண்டு வெடித்ததில் 2 பேர் பொதுமக்கள் கொல்லப்பட்டார்கள்.
Blast kills two in Somalia
June 19 2007 at 01:29AM
By Guled Mohamed
Mogadishu - A large blast killed two civilians in Mogadishu on Monday close to the venue for a planned peace conference that has already been delayed twice over security fears, police said.
"The explosion happened as some government officials were passing, but they survived. However, two civilians were killed on the spot," Abdullahi Hassan Bariise, Somali police head of operations, said.
Monday's blast - the latest in a string of guerrilla-style strikes against the interim government and its Ethiopian military allies - came when an unknown attacker detonated a landmine by remote control as government vehicles passed.
Omar said five suspects had been arrested
Mogadishu's deputy mayor in charge of security, Abdifatah Ibrahim Omar, said two children were wounded in the explosion which missed its intended target. It was unclear if those two were the victims later confirmed dead by police.
Omar said five suspects had been arrested.
Witness Abdullahi Yere, who was standing outside his nearby house, said there were many government troops in the area when the explosion ripped through an intersection.
"I heard a loud explosion that shook the whole ground near me. I saw a burning car thrown high in the sky by the intensity of the explosion," Yere said.
Security experts and diplomats say poor security in Mogadishu and the threat of insurgent attacks necessitated the delay of the reconciliation conference to July 18.
In a separate incident, two former anti-terrorism officials were shot dead in Mogadishu's Bakara market by unknown assailants, senior police officer Ali Nur said.
"They were hoodwinked to come and pick (up) money and were shot dead as soon as they arrived," he said.
Insurgents from a militant Islamist movement ousted from Mogadishu routinely attack government soldiers and their Ethiopian backers, and have increasingly used Iraq-style tactics including assassinations, suicide bombings and roadside blasts.
Nur also said police had discovered a huge cache of arms including machine guns in a house next door to Prime Minister Ali Mohamed Gedi's residence, raising fears for the safety of the premier who has survived several assassination attempts.
The peace conference, which many diplomats say is the interim government's best chance to boost its legitimacy and quell the violence, was due to be held last week at a rundown and bullet-scared former police compound.
But the government postponed it for a second time, saying some clans had asked for more time to choose delegates and that the venue was still being refurbished.
A security source, speaking anonymously, said the explosion was an insurgent move to "edge closer to the venue of the reconciliation conference".
He added: "This is a message they are trying to convey to the government, warning the government against the proposed reconciliation meeting."
Mogadishu is one of the world's most heavily armed and dangerous cities as capital of a nation that became a byword for anarchy after the fall of dictator Mohamed Siad Barre in 1991.
Additional reporting by Ibrahim Mohamed and Farah Roble.
சமாதான மாநாட்டிற்கு வெளியே ரிமோட் கண்ட்ரோல் குண்டு வெடித்ததில் 2 பேர் பொதுமக்கள் கொல்லப்பட்டார்கள்.
Blast kills two in Somalia
June 19 2007 at 01:29AM
By Guled Mohamed
Mogadishu - A large blast killed two civilians in Mogadishu on Monday close to the venue for a planned peace conference that has already been delayed twice over security fears, police said.
"The explosion happened as some government officials were passing, but they survived. However, two civilians were killed on the spot," Abdullahi Hassan Bariise, Somali police head of operations, said.
Monday's blast - the latest in a string of guerrilla-style strikes against the interim government and its Ethiopian military allies - came when an unknown attacker detonated a landmine by remote control as government vehicles passed.
Omar said five suspects had been arrested
Mogadishu's deputy mayor in charge of security, Abdifatah Ibrahim Omar, said two children were wounded in the explosion which missed its intended target. It was unclear if those two were the victims later confirmed dead by police.
Omar said five suspects had been arrested.
Witness Abdullahi Yere, who was standing outside his nearby house, said there were many government troops in the area when the explosion ripped through an intersection.
"I heard a loud explosion that shook the whole ground near me. I saw a burning car thrown high in the sky by the intensity of the explosion," Yere said.
Security experts and diplomats say poor security in Mogadishu and the threat of insurgent attacks necessitated the delay of the reconciliation conference to July 18.
In a separate incident, two former anti-terrorism officials were shot dead in Mogadishu's Bakara market by unknown assailants, senior police officer Ali Nur said.
"They were hoodwinked to come and pick (up) money and were shot dead as soon as they arrived," he said.
Insurgents from a militant Islamist movement ousted from Mogadishu routinely attack government soldiers and their Ethiopian backers, and have increasingly used Iraq-style tactics including assassinations, suicide bombings and roadside blasts.
Nur also said police had discovered a huge cache of arms including machine guns in a house next door to Prime Minister Ali Mohamed Gedi's residence, raising fears for the safety of the premier who has survived several assassination attempts.
The peace conference, which many diplomats say is the interim government's best chance to boost its legitimacy and quell the violence, was due to be held last week at a rundown and bullet-scared former police compound.
But the government postponed it for a second time, saying some clans had asked for more time to choose delegates and that the venue was still being refurbished.
A security source, speaking anonymously, said the explosion was an insurgent move to "edge closer to the venue of the reconciliation conference".
He added: "This is a message they are trying to convey to the government, warning the government against the proposed reconciliation meeting."
Mogadishu is one of the world's most heavily armed and dangerous cities as capital of a nation that became a byword for anarchy after the fall of dictator Mohamed Siad Barre in 1991.
Additional reporting by Ibrahim Mohamed and Farah Roble.
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