- 2008 timeline of the War in Somalia
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January
January 2, 2008
*3 civilians, 2 Somali soldiers killedA roadside explosion killed three people and wounded dozen others in
Afgoye town, 30km south of the Somali capital Mogadishu. Sources say the blast missed its target - the Ethiopian forces who were known to have been shopping in the market. Also, two Somali soldiers died when a group of suspected Islamists armed with pistols and hand grenades attacked a police checkpoint in Howlwadag junction. [ [http://somalinet.com/news/world/Somalia/14109 Latest News - SomaliNet ] ]January 3, 2008
*2 Ethiopian, 1 Somali soldier killedTwo Ethiopian and one Somali soldiers were killed while several civilians were wounded in renewed armed clashes with local insurgent groups in Somalia. According to local residents, the Ethiopian soldiers were shot dead by Islamist snipers in Sodonka intersection in Hodan district, south of the capital. In return, the Ethiopians fired wounding several people in the area before clashing with the insurgent groups who were using hand grenades and heavy automatic machine guns. [http://somalinet.com/news/world/Somalia/14110 Latest News - SomaliNet ] ]
Around the Bakara market in Mogadishu, one Somali government soldier was killed when an Islamist fighter threw a grenade bomb to the policemen.
January 8, 2008
*12 civilians, 3 Somali soldiers killedTwelve Somalis and 3 [ [http://www.banadir.com/Fighting_southern_Somalia_kills_witnesses.shtml Welcome banadir.com - where news is always free ] ] soldiers were killed in three separate incidents in Mogadishu and in a town northwest of the capital, police and witnesses said.
Five people, including two civilians, were killed in the town of
Wanlaweyn when police clashed with the military in a dispute over checkpoints, police said. Four other people died in clashes between Ethiopian-backed government forces and Islamist insurgents in the northern Mogadishu neighbourhood ofDeyniile . Two more people were also killed in the southernSuqa Holaha district. [ [http://somalinet.com/news/world/Somalia/14165 Latest News - SomaliNet ] ]January 9, 2008
*4 Somali soldiers killedNew clashes between the interim government troops and the rebel Islamist groups have erupted in the outskirt of
Dinsoor , a town ofBay region , southwest of Somalia on late killing four soldiers and wounding seven others, witnesses said.Heavily armed Islamic fighters have attacked the positions of the government forces the village of Rama-adey village, some miles away from Dinsor. The armed groups retreated back to position in the jungle and it is not known what casualty they sustained from the fighting. [ [http://somalinet.com/news/world/Somalia/14166 Latest News - SomaliNet ] ]
January 11, 2008
*1 Ethiopian soldier killedLocal Islamic militants killed an Ethiopian soldier in central
Baidoa city, southwest of Somalia. The soldier was gunned down by two men armed with pistols as he was shopping in the market. [ [http://somalinet.com/news/world/Somalia/14229 Latest News - SomaliNet ] ]January 14, 2008
*3 civilians killedBullets fired by government troops killed three civilians in Mogadishu following a grenade attack. [ [http://somalinet.com/news/world/Somalia/14252 Latest News - SomaliNet ] ]
Dozens of Somali worshipers were arrested when the Ethiopian forces along with the Somali government soldiers raided a mosque in Baidoa, witnesses said. The arrests came day after when an Ethiopian soldier was gunned down near the mosque. Some reports say that this might be linked with the killing of the soldier. [ [http://somalinet.com/news/world/Somalia/14253 Latest News - SomaliNet ] ]
January 16, 2008
*7 Ethiopian soldiers killedA huge blast in Mogadishu targeted an Ethiopian army convoy as it drove through a major intersection, killing seven soldiers on board, witnesses reported. The Ethiopian convoy left the old pasta factory when the hidden landmine exploded in Yaaqshiid district, targeting an army transport truck full of soldiers. [ [http://somalinet.com/news/world/Somalia/14277 Latest News - SomaliNet ] ] [ [http://www.garoweonline.com/artman2/publish/Somalia_27/Somalia_7_Ethiopian_soldiers_killed_in_roadside_bomb.shtml Somalia: 7 Ethiopian soldiers killed in roadside bomb] (Garowe Online)]
January 17-18, 2008
*2 Ethiopian, 2 Somali soldiers, 28 civilians killed32 [ [http://somalinet.com/news/world/Somalia/14312 Latest News - SomaliNet ] ] people were killed in one of the deadliest fighting between allied Ethiopian-Somali forces and Islamist fighters in Mogadishu in months, wounding over one hundred others, hospital sources said.
Most of the injured were caught in the cross shelling in Bakara market, the busiest trade centre of the country and in Hamar Jadid area. Children and women were among the victims admitted in Madina Hospital, one of few congested medical centers in the capital. A land mine explosion the day before targeted an Ethiopian military convoy in the north of the city, killing seven Ethiopian soldiers. Military analysts on condition of anonymity said "this indiscriminate shelling of civilian areas is a retaliation of yesterday's heavy loss of the Ethiopian military" The use of serious mortar and
BM-30 shelling caused huge destruction in the market where it left massive casualties in one place. Four soldiers were among the dead, two Ethiopians and two Somalis. [ [http://somalinet.com/news/world/Somalia/14296 Latest News - SomaliNet ] ]January 19, 2008
*1 civilian killedSomalian troops killed a woman following roadside bomb which targeted their vehicle in Mogadishu on wounding a number of soldiers, witnesses said. [ [http://www.somalinet.com/news/world/Somalia/14326 Latest News - SomaliNet ] ]
January 21, 2008
*2 civilians killedTwo people were killed and three others were wounded in a shooting carried out by the Ethiopian forces in Mogadishu. All the victims were confirmed to be civilians who were caught up by the gunfire. It was not clear why the Ethiopians did shoot. [ [http://www.somalinet.com/news/world/Somalia/14331 Latest News - SomaliNet ] ]
January 22, 2008
*1 civilian, 1 Somali soldier killedTwo people including a soldier died in Mogadishu after suspected insurgents attacked government security forces conducting search operations. [ [http://www.garoweonline.com/artman2/publish/Somalia_27/Somalia_One_soldier_one_civilian_killed_in_Mogadishu_skirmish.shtml Garowe Online - Home ] ]
January 23, 2008
*1 civilian killedIslamic militants fired several mortar shells into the main
Aden Adde airport as the presidential house in MogadishuAfrican Union delegates arrived the city for talks with the new government. One of the mortars killed a young boy and wounded another person in their house near the airport which is heavily guarded by the Ugandan peacekeepers. [ [http://www.somalinet.com/news/world/Somalia/14375 Latest News - SomaliNet ] ]January 24, 2008
*16 civilians, 1 insurgent killedClashes between the Ethiopian backed government troops and local insurgent groups forced hundreds of Somalis to flee their homes in villages of Hiran region, central Somalia, local officials said. The commissioner of Jawil district, some miles west of Beledweyn, the provincial city of Hiran region, Abdulahi Abdi Nor confirmed the fighting between the allied forces and supporters of the ousted Islamic Courts Union. He said the Islamic militants attacked this morning the positions of the joint forces in Kala-Beyr intersection, 17km northeast of Beledweyn where the rival sides exchanged heavy artillery weapons. Kala-Beyr is the main road connecting Hiran region to the other central regions.
Unconfirmed reports say that a number of Ethiopian soldiers were killed in the latest fighting. People in the area began fleeing the fighting as 16 civilians were killed by stray round shells that hit their houses. [ [http://www.somalinet.com/news/world/Somalia/14403 Latest News - SomaliNet ] ]
Shiekh Muqtar Robow (Abu-mansoor), the spokesman of Al-shabaab, the Young Islamic Movement, has claimed that their forces attacked Ethiopian troops in Hiiraan province. Talking about the casualties of his men, he mentioned one of his militia dead and another injured in the fighting. [ [http://www.somalinet.com/news/world/Somalia/14414 Latest News - SomaliNet ] ]
January 25, 2008
*2 civilians, 4 Somali soldiers killedUnknown gunmen shot dead a government national security service officer in Somalia's southwestern city of
Baidoa . The assailants killed a civilian person and wounded a woman in the same incident. Meanwhile, the body of a young man was found this morning around Ali-Kamin village of Wardhigley district, south of the capital. Residents accused the Ethiopian forces stationing in the area of being behind the killing of the young man. [ [http://www.somalinet.com/news/world/Somalia/14420 Latest News - SomaliNet ] ]Three Somali soldiers were also killed when insurgents attacked a military air base south of Mogadishu and made away with weapons, an army official and an insurgent leader told AFP. A group of insurgents attacked and briefly seized control of the base at
Baledogle , around 90 kilometres (55 miles) west of the capital. [ [http://www.somalinet.com/news/world/Somalia/14428 Latest News - SomaliNet ] ]January 26, 2008
*2 civilians, 1 Somali soldier killedA bomb exploded near the palace of President Abdullahi Yusuf Ahmed in Mogadishu, killing three Somalis including a policeman, witnesses said. [ [http://www.somalinet.com/news/world/Somalia/14431 Latest News - SomaliNet ] ] [ [http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/465CB0AD-116F-46A3-B002-9704712E59DC.htm Al Jazeera English - News - Deaths In Mogadishu Bomb Blast ] ]
January 27, 2008
*2 civilians killedSuspected Islamic militants fired several mortar rounds into the main airport in Mogadishu, killing two civilians and wounding two others, witnesses said. [ [http://www.somalinet.com/news/world/Somalia/14434 Latest News - SomaliNet ] ]
January 28, 2008
Attack on MSF car
*3 Somali civilians, 1 Kenyan, 1 French killedThree aid workers and a Somali journalist were killed by a roadside bomb near the southern port of
Kismayo . The aid workers who died in the explosion are from the medical aid groupMedicins Sans Frontieres . [ [http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/22AB51FC-B40C-4CF9-B107-EBAD55FF74CA.htm Al Jazeera English - News - Deaths In Somalia Bomb Blast ] ]A Somali boy also died in the roadside blast in the port city in an attack UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon condemned as "brutal". [ [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/7214846.stm BBC NEWS | Africa | Somali insurgents in deadly fight ] ]
Mogadishu fighting
*17 Somali civilians, 2 Ethiopian soldiers killedOn the same day, Islamic militants firing rockets and mortars clashed with Somali troops and their Ethiopian allies in fighting that killed at least 17 civilians and two Ethiopian soldiers in the capital, witnesses said. [http://www.garoweonline.com/artman2/publish/Somalia_27/19_Killed_in_Somalia_Clash.shtml 19 Killed in Somalia Clash] (AP via Garowe Online)
Hiraan region events
*1 Somali civilian killedEthiopian troops withdrew from a key military base in the central region of Hiraan, witnesses and residents said. Ethiopian army trucks were seen leaving the base and were reportedly heading west, towards the Somali-Ethiopian border. Since early
2007 , the Ethiopian army maintained a 1,000-strong garrison in that base east ofBeledweyn , the capital of the Hiraan region.Meanwhile, Hiraan regional intelligence chief Mohamed Ali "Gabow" was shot and killed in an attack. [ [http://www.garoweonline.com/artman2/publish/Somalia_27/Ethiopian_troops_abandon_key_military_base_in_central_Somalia.shtml Garowe Online - Home ] ]
January 29, 2008
*2 Somali soldiers, 2 insurgents killedInsurgent fighters killed two police officers in a sneak attack, witnesses said. The officers were standing guard at a road in Mogadishu’s Hodan district when the suspected insurgents snuck up and shot them in the head. Fighting erupted in the area immediately after the fatal shooting, with government police engaging the insurgents directly. One insurgent was killed and a second one wounded in the gunfight with police. The intense fighting lasted for nearly one hour, forcing vital roads to be shut off in the process, traders said.
Also, insurgents attacked government troops near Mogadishu’s main Bakara market overnight. Government forces were able to kill one of the attackers, who were forced to flee into the night. [ [http://www.garoweonline.com/artman2/publish/Somalia_27/Insurgents_kill_2_Somalia_police_in_sneak_attack.shtml Garowe Online - Home ] ]
January 31, 2008
*1 Somali civilian killedSuspected Islamic militants shot dead the acting spokesman for the Banadir authority in Mogadishu. Two men armed with pistols killed Abbas Mohamed Nor known as 'Abbas Galayr' in Hamarweyne district, east of the capital. [ [http://www.somalinet.com/news/world/Somalia/14505 Latest News - SomaliNet ] ]
February
February 1, 2008
Rebels attacked Somali troops in the southwestern town of Dinsor, near the government's temporary capital in Baidoa, local sources reported. There was no casualty report from the battle, but Dinsor residents told that they saw armored trucks full of government troops rushing to the outskirts of town. [ [http://www.garoweonline.com/artman2/publish/Somalia_27/Troops_clash_with_insurgents_in_Somalia_lawmaker_wounded.shtml Garowe Online - Home ] ]
February 2, 2008
*2 insurgents killedTwo individuals were killed and their bodies torn to pieces in a big bomb blast in the central Somali town of Beletwein, witnesses and officials said. The two dead victims were "planting the bomb" when it exploded accidentally, Hiran regional police chief Abdi Adan Addow told reporters today at police headquarters. [ [http://www.garoweonline.com/artman2/publish/Somalia_27/Somalia_2_insurgents_die_in_explosion_as_they_plant_bomb_Police_official.shtml Garowe Online - Home ] ]
February 3, 2008
*11 Somali civilians killedA roadside bomb killed eleven [ [http://www.garoweonline.com/artman2/publish/Somalia_27/Somalia_8_Die_in_Mogadishu_when_car_struck_Landmine.shtml Garowe Online - Home ] ] civilians and wounded nine others when it exploded near a minibus full of passengers in Mogadishu. [ [http://www.usatoday.com/news/world/2008-02-03-somalia-deaths_N.htm Roadside bomb kills 8 people in Somali capital - USATODAY.com ] ]
February 4, 2008
*3 Somali civilians killedInsurgents attacked key positions of the allied Somalian and Ethiopian forces in Mogadishu. The attacks hit three garrisons on the main Industrial Road in west of the capital where the joint forces responded with heavy artillery shells. At least three civilians were killed by stray bullets which hit their houses in the city. It was not clear if there were casualties on the warring sides. [ [http://www.somalinet.com/news/world/Somalia/14540 Latest News - SomaliNet ] ]
February 5, 2008
*2 Somali civilians killed, 2 Somali soldiers, 1 insurgent killedAt least five people were killed after suspected insurgents launched an attack on police officers collecting tax revenue at the livestock market in northern Mogadishu's Huriwa district, witnesses said. Two policemen and a woman working with them died in the firefight, with the remaining two dead bodies belonging to a female trader who worked at the market and an insurgent. [ [http://www.garoweonline.com/artman2/publish/Somalia_27/Somalia_5_killed_in_Mogadishu_market_violence.shtml Garowe Online - Home ] ]
Bosaso blasts
*25 Ethiopian civilians killedSee
2008 Bosaso bombings .February 8, 2008
*1 Somali soldier killed, 1 civilian killedIslamic insurgents in Somalia have attacked a government convoy in south of the country killing a military colonel and wounding one of his body guards overnight. Colonel Hussein Gorgor from the 17 brigades of the government's military forces died in Mogadishu hospital of serious injury sustained from ambush attack by the militant groups. [ [http://www.somalinet.com/news/world/Somalia/14589 Latest News - SomaliNet ] ]
Also, a former Somali police official was shot and killed moments after he left a mosque in the capital Mogadishu following Friday prayers. [ [http://www.garoweonline.com/artman2/publish/Somalia_27/Two_killed_in_Somalia_violence.shtml Garowe Online - Home ] ]
February 9, 2008
*1 Somali soldier, 4 civilians killedSomali government soldiers shot and killed at least three civilians. Meanwhile, insurgent attacks claimed the live of a Mogadishu municipal official when he was assassinated near his home in Waberi district last night. [ [http://www.garoweonline.com/artman2/publish/Somalia_27/Soldiers_shoot_and_kill_3_civilians_in_Somalia.shtml Garowe Online - Home ] ]
One government soldier died in Hiraan region fighting between the transitional government troops and armed groups 10km north of Beledweyne town. [ [http://shabelle.net/english/view_contents.php?articleid=1001 www.shabelle.net ] ]
February 11, 2008
*1 Somali soldier killedA Somali intelligence officer was shot and killed by three gunmen in Baidoa. [ [http://www.garoweonline.com/artman2/publish/Somalia_27/Another_intelligence_officer_killed_in_Somalia.shtml Garowe Online - Home ] ]
February 12, 2008
*1 Somali soldier killedThe Ethiopian troops in Afgoi district 30km from Mogadishu have killed one of the transitional government forces in the Lower Shabelle region, witnesses said. It was the first time that Ethiopian soldiers knowingly killed a TFG soldier. [ [http://www.shabelle.net/english/view_contents.php?articleid=1075 www.shabelle.net ] ]
February 13, 2008
*2 Somali soldiers killed, 1 civilian killedA clash between the government forces and the insurgents happened in Hosh village of Dharkenley district, residents said. Three people including two TFG troops died while another civilian was wounded in the confrontation. [ [http://shabelle.net/english/view_contents.php?articleid=1108 www.shabelle.net ] ]
February 14, 2008
*1 Somali civilian killedOne of Yaqshid district sub-village commissioners, mr. Abukar Abdulahi Osman was shot dead in his constituent village of Hegan. [ [http://shabelle.net/english/view_contents.php?articleid=1130 Shabelle Media Network - | Shabelle Media Network ] ]
February 15, 2008
*2 Somali soldiers killed, 3 civilians killedTwo Somali government troops were killed while seven others wounded in Baidoa when their armed vehicle they were aboard tipped over close to the provincial capital of Bay region, the temporary base of the transitional government, witnesses said. [ [http://shabelle.net/english/view_contents.php?articleid=1146 Shabelle Media Network - | Shabelle Media Network ] ]
3 civilians were killed in shelling in Mogadishu. [ [http://shabelle.net/english/view_contents.php?articleid=1147 Shabelle Media Network - | Shabelle Media Network ] ] [ [http://www.somalinet.com/news/world/Somalia/14635 Latest News - SomaliNet ] ]
February 17, 2008
*3 civilians killedA man dressed in Somali army fatigues shot and killed three civilians at a marketplace in Yaaqshiid district, witnesses said. [ [http://www.garoweonline.com/artman2/publish/Somalia_27/Somalia_s_PM_returns_home_amid_fighting.shtml Garowe Online - Home ] ]
February 18, 2008
*4 Somali soldiers, 3 civilians killedHeavy fighting, believed to be one of the heaviest this year in Somalia’s capital, stunned the forces of the government forcing them to run away from key junctions in Mogadishu after they were overpowered by insurgents. [ [http://shabelle.net/english/view_contents.php?articleid=1224 Shabelle Media Network - | Shabelle Media Network ] ]
Four Somali policemen and three civilians were killed. [ [http://www.javno.com/en/world/clanak.php?id=124908 Javno - World ] ]
February 19, 2008
*7 civilians killedReportedly, Somali troops entered the Bakara market in Mogadishu, killing 7 civilians. Several government vehicles were seen packed of captured people, including students. The troops have also ransacked and looted some business sites in the market. [ [http://shabelle.net/english/view_contents.php?articleid=1226 Shabelle Media Network - | Shabelle Media Network ] ]
February 20, 2008
*2 Ethiopian soldiers, 1 civilian killedTwo Ethiopian soldiers were shot dead in an attack in Baidoa. A tea seller woman also died at the scene when bullets opened by the arrived soldiers struck her on her business site. [ [http://shabelle.net/english/view_contents.php?articleid=1248 Shabelle Media Network - | Shabelle Media Network ] ]
February 21, 2008
*3 Somali soldiers killed, 5 civilians killedTwo Somali soldiers died in fighting in Mogadishu's Bakara market. [ [http://shabelle.net/english/view_contents.php?articleid=1287 Shabelle Media Network - | Shabelle Media Network ] ] Five civilians died in the crossfire. [ [http://www.canada.com/topics/news/world/story.html?id=1fdba468-441e-4cc9-b56c-9462d4213f84&k=75441 Five killed in Mogadishu fighting ] ]
Armed groups shot dead the security commander-in-chief of the Afgoi district, 30km from the capital, Mostafa Abdirahman witnesses said. [ [http://shabelle.net/english/view_contents.php?articleid=1288 Shabelle Media Network - | Shabelle Media Network ] ]
February 23, 2008
*3 civilians killed, 4 Ethiopian soldiers killedThree civilians died in remotely controlled landmine explosion targeting an Ethiopian convoy in Mogadishu. [http://shabelle.net/english/view_contents.php?articleid=1329 Shabelle Media Network - | Shabelle Media Network ] ] [ [http://ca.news.yahoo.com/s/capress/080223/world/somalia_bomb_1 3 civilians killed by roadside bomb in Somalia's capital Mogadishu - Yahoo! Canada News ] ] The Ethiopian amount to 4 dead. [ [http://www.garoweonline.com/artman2/publish/Somalia_27/Somalia_4_Ethiopian_soldiers_killed_in_Mogadishu_ambush.shtml Garowe Online - Home ] ]
February 24, 2008
*1 civilian killed, 18 Somali soldiers killedEthiopian soldiers kill 1 civilian while under attack. [ [http://shabelle.net/english/view_contents.php?articleid=1352 Shabelle Media Network - | Shabelle Media Network ] ]
Islamists killed 18 TFG soldiers in an attack in the
Dinsoor district. The heavily armed militias seized Dinsor district, in Bay region. [ [http://shabelle.net/english/view_contents.php?articleid=1381 Shabelle Media Network - | Shabelle Media Network ] ] The rebels, armed with rocket launchers and machine guns, voluntarily retreated after three hours, said a police officer in Dinsoor, Mohamed Ahmadey. He said the town had been under "no-one's control" since the incident. [ [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/7262415.stm BBC NEWS | Africa | Somali town overrun by Islamists ] ]February 25, 2008
*1 Somali soldier killedA police commander is killed in the vicinity of his residence in Hamar jabab district. [ [http://shabelle.net/english/view_contents.php?articleid=1391 Shabelle Media Network - | Shabelle Media Network ] ] [ [http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3511402,00.html Armed men slay police official in Somalia's capital - Israel News, Ynetnews ] ]
February 26, 2008
*3 Somali civilians killedOne civilian died while two others were wounded in a blast that occurred in Bulo-hubey village of Wadajir district following a hand grenade attack on soldiers guarding one of Bulo hubey’s roads in the capital, witnesses said. [ [http://shabelle.net/english/view_contents.php?articleid=1401 Shabelle Media Network - | Shabelle Media Network ] ] 1 more civilian was killed during a TFG sweep in Mogadishu. [ [http://shabelle.net/english/view_contents.php?articleid=1407 Shabelle Media Network - | Shabelle Media Network ] ] 1 more killed during the night. [ [http://shabelle.net/english/view_contents.php?articleid=1420 Shabelle Media Network - | Shabelle Media Network ] ]
February 27, 2008
*1 Somali civilian killedGovernment troops shot dead the brother of the deputy PM and information and sports minister Ahmed Abdi Salan. [ [http://shabelle.net/english/view_contents.php?articleid=1440 Shabelle Media Network - | Shabelle Media Network ] ]
February 28, 2008
*6 Ethiopian, 2 Somali soldiers killedArmed groups have shot dead two government soldiers in Karan district of the capital. [ [http://shabelle.net/english/view_contents.php?articleid=1473 Shabelle Media Network - | Shabelle Media Network ] ] At least six Ethiopian soldiers had been killed after a remote-controlled landmine hit their military convoy north of the Somali capital, an additional eight soldiers were wounded. [ [http://www.ethiopianreview.com/content/1992 6 Woyanne soldiers killed in Somalia » Ethiopian Review ] ]
March
March 1, 2008
*2 Somali soldiers, 3 insurgents, 12 civilians killedEthiopian-backed Somali government troops engaged in fierce fighting with insurgents in the capital Mogadishu, leading to at least 17 deaths, sources said. Two police officers manning a checkpoint at Howlwadaag intersection near Bakara market were shot and killed in a sneak insurgent attack. The killers armed with pistols escaped before police reinforcements rushed to the scene. [ [http://www.garoweonline.com/artman2/publish/Somalia_27/Somalia_17_killed_20_wounded_in_Mogadishu_violence.shtml Garowe Online - Home ] ] [ [http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080301/wl_africa_afp/somaliaunrestethiopia_080301213737 Eleven killed in fresh Mogadishu fighting: witnesses - Yahoo! News ] ]
March 2, 2008:
Attack on Dobley *6 Somali civilians killedat least one United States Naval vessel launched a Tomahawk
cruise missile into the village of Dobley inSomalia . According to US military officials the target of the attack was anal-Qaeda leader. The strike destroyed two houses -- killing three women and three children and wounding another 20 people, said Dhoobley's district commissioner, Ali Nur Ali Dherre. Dherre said the remains of the missiles were marked "US K."http://www.garoweonline.com/artman2/publish/Somalia_27/Official_Missile_aimed_at_FBI_target_in_Somalia.shtml It is unclear whether these casualties are targets or civilians. Villagers also reported that an aircraft had attacked them but US military officials denied these reports merely stating that an attack had indeed occurred and that they were looking into the results. [ [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/7276535.stm BBC NEWS | Africa | Somalis protest over US bombing ] ]March 3, 2008
*4 insurgents, 1 Somali soldier killedGovernment forces raided the prominent independent radio station Shabelle Radio, whisking away its director and ransacking its equipment. [ [http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/africa/03/02/somalia/index.html Somali forces ransack radio station - CNN.com ] ]
At least five people were killed in southern Somalia including a district police commander after al-Shabaab guerrillas attacked and captured the Burkahaaba district near Baidoa, seat of Somalia’s interim parliament. The other 4 killed were militants. [ [http://www.garoweonline.com/artman2/publish/Somalia_27/Somalia_5_killed_as_Ethiopians_al-Shabaab_clash_near_Baidoa.shtml Garowe Online - Home ] ]
March 5, 2008
*5 Somali soldiers killed, 1 civilian killedInsurgents took control of a government garrison in Sinka-Dher area in Mogadishu. The combating started after the fighters have attacked the TFG troops at the checkpoint spot where a sudden battle started that reasoned the fighters to confiscate that army point. Five [ [http://ca.news.yahoo.com/s/reuters/080306/world/international_somalia_conflict_dc_576 Somali insurgents kill tax man and five police - Yahoo! Canada News ] ] soldiers were killed in the fighting. Furthermore some of the injured soldiers were seen lying on the battled location while others fled. [ [http://shabelle.net/english/2008/03/05/four-killed-fighters-seize-tfg-troop%E2%80%99s-checkpoint Four killed as Fighters seize TFG troop’s checkpoint | Shabelle Media Network ] ]
1 civilian died in the fighting, also. [ [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/7281434.stm BBC NEWS | Europe | New medal plan for German heroes ] ]
March 6, 2008
*1 Somali soldiers, 4 civilians killedIn Baidoa, the insurgents launched a grenade attack, killing a general from the Somali forces and injuring two civilians. And in the southern town of
Goobale , insurgents clashed with Ethiopian troops. The BBC's Mohammed Olad Hassan in Mogadishu said four civilians were killed and scores injured. [ [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/7280887.stm BBC NEWS | Africa | Soldiers killed in Somalia attack ] ]March 7, 2008
*5 Somali soldiers killedIslamic fighters attacked the town of Beledweyne, killing five government soldiers, according to witnesses. [ [http://shabelle.net/english/2008/03/07/heavy-battle-rocks-beledweyne-town-overnight-islamists-claim-responsibility-attac Heavy battle rocks in Beledweyne town overnight, Islamists claim the responsibility of the attack | Shabelle Media Network ] ] [http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080307/ap_on_re_af/somalia_1]
March 8, 2008
*1 civilian killedHeavy fighting, which lasted 45 minutes between armed fighters and the government police forces, occurred in the Bakara market in the capital-witnesses said. Soldiers killed an armed civilian. [ [http://shabelle.net/english/2008/03/08/fighting-rocks-capital-soldiers-shot-dead-civilian-man-afgoi-district-0 Fighting rocks in the capital, Soldiers shot dead civilian man in Afgoi district. | Shabelle Media Network ] ]
March 10, 2008
*1 civilian killedSheikh Muhammad Ahmed Kashka, a prominent peace cleric, was shot dead by two gunmen as he was returning home from a mosque in Mogadishu. [ [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/7290410.stm BBC NEWS | Africa | Somalis mourn killed peace cleric ] ]
March 11, 2008
*2 civilians killedA roadside bomb misses its target and kills a pregnant woman and her child. [ [http://www.garoweonline.com/artman2/publish/Somalia_27/Somalia_TFG_s_plan_for_peace_and_reconciliation.shtml Garowe Online - Home ] ]
March 13, 2008
*9 Somali soldiers killed, 2 civilians killedAl-Shabaab fighters executed by
beheading 3 soldiers. It was the first case of beheadings since the government and its Ethiopian military allies ousted the Islamists from power in late 2006. [ [http://www.garoweonline.com/artman2/publish/Somalia_27/Islamists_behead_three_soldiers_in_Somalia.shtml Garowe Online - Home ] ] [ [http://shabelle.net/english/2008/03/13/al-shabab-claims-slaughtering-somali-soldiers Al-Shabab claims the slaughtering of Somali soldiers | Shabelle Media Network ] ] 2 civilians and a policeman were killed in Mogadishu. Armed men dressed in the transitional government force’s camouflage killed a Quran schoolteacher in Bulo-Hubey village in the capital, witnesses said. [ [http://shabelle.net/english/2008/03/13/armed-soldiers-shot-dead-a-holy-quran-teacher-capital Armed soldiers shot dead a holy Quran teacher in the capital | Shabelle Media Network ] ] In a separate incident, a local musician named was killed while drinking tea at a shop. In west Mogadishu, a government police officer tasked with collecting local taxes was killed by suspected insurgents, who used pistols in the murder before fleeing. [ [http://www.garoweonline.com/artman2/publish/Somalia_27/Somalia_Killings_continue_in_Mogadishu.shtml Garowe Online - Home ] ]Gunmen killed an additional of four policemen and a security guard in attacks. [ [http://shabelle.net/english/2008/03/14/somali-attacks-kill-5 Somali Attacks Kill 5 | Shabelle Media Network ] ]
March 15, 2008
*2 civilians killedOne civilian died in the Bakara market after the government forces based at Howlwadag intersection opened a fire on a street close to the uninhabited Howlwadag intersection. [ [http://shabelle.net/english/2008/03/15/skirmishing-rages-mogadishu-overnight-soldiers-killwound-civilians Skirmishing rages in Mogadishu overnight, soldiers kill/wound civilians | Shabelle Media Network ] ]
Elsewhere, a battle erupted near Jowhar town’s airport. One civilian died. [ [http://shabelle.net/english/2008/03/15/battle-erupts-near-jowhar-town%E2%80%99s-airport Battle erupts near Jowhar town’s airport | Shabelle Media Network ] ]
March 16, 2008
*1 civilian killedUnknown armed men shot dead a man in the main Bakara market. [ [http://shabelle.net/english/2008/03/16/district-commissioner-escapes-assassination-blast-one-killed-capital District commissioner escapes assassination blast, one killed in the capital | Shabelle Media Network ] ]
March 17, 2008
*1 Somali soldier killedThe deputy security chief of
Afgoi district was shot dead, witnesses said. The deceased officer named Abduqadir Jabril was killed by two men armed with pistols in the vicinity of his home. [ [http://shabelle.net/english/2008/03/17/senior-security-officer-killed-afgoi-0 Senior Security officer killed in Afgoi | Shabelle Media Network ] ]March 19, 2008
*3 Ethiopian soldiers, 3 insurgents, 2 civilians killed killedBattles erupted in Somalia's capital between Islamist rebels and Ethiopian troops backing the government a day after the
United Nations said it was still too dangerous to send peacekeepers there. Witnesses in northern Mogadishu said three Ethiopian soldiers and three insurgents were killed as both sides traded heavy machine-gun fire, grenades and artillery barrages. [ [http://www.mg.co.za/articlepage.aspx?area=/breaking_news/breaking_news__africa/&articleid=335052&referrer=RSS Battles erupt in Somali capital : Mail & Guardian Online ] ] [ [http://www.garoweonline.com/artman2/publish/Somalia_27/Somalia_Insurgents_force_Ethiopian_soldiers_to_vacate_army_base.shtml Garowe Online - Home ] ] In addition, two civilians were killed by stray bullets when the exchange of fire erupted. [ [http://shabelle.net/english/2008/03/20/the-death-toll-fighting-rocked-capital-wednesday-increased The death toll of fighting rocked in the capital on Wednesday increased. | Shabelle Media Network ] ] [ [http://www.presstv.ir/detail.aspx?id=48147§ionid=351020501 Press TV - 3 Ethiopian soldiers killed in Somalia ] ]March 20, 2008
*3 Somali soldiers, 8 civilians killedInsurgents briefly seized control of two major intersections that lead into Bakara after heavy fighting, witnesses said. Hundreds of civilians poured into the streets after the guerrilla fighters chased away the government soldiers, who reportedly left behind two armored vehicles, according to eyewitnesses. At least 10 people, including several civilians, were killed during the fighting. The bodies of three dead government soldiers remained on the ground. [ [http://www.garoweonline.com/artman2/publish/Somalia_27/Nigeria_military_officers_Mogadishu_visit_marred_by_violence.shtml Garowe Online - Home ] ]
Also, Ethiopian troops in the capital fatally shot dead a doctor of mothers and children’s SOS hospital-hospital officials said. [ [http://shabelle.net/english/2008/03/21/ethiopian-troops-shot-dead-sos-hospital-health-officer Ethiopian troops shot dead SOS hospital health officer | Shabelle Media Network ] ]
March 24, 2008
*3 Somali soldiers, 1 civilian, 1 insurgent killedWitnesses said insurgents briefly overran a police station after three hours of fighting killed at least five people, just one day after the Somali prime minister began new peace efforts. "I saw the bodies," said Mogadishu resident Nuradin Haji Madar, adding that the victims appeared to have been three officers, one insurgent and a civilian. She said the battle involved rocket-propelled grenades and machine guns. [ [http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/africa/03/24/somali.fighting.ap/index.html At least 5 killed in raid by Somalia's Islamic militants - CNN.com ] ] [ [http://www.garoweonline.com/artman2/publish/Somalia_27/Somalia_2_policemen_1_insurgent_killed_in_Mogadishu_attack.shtml Garowe Online - Home ] ]
March 26, 2008
*5 Somali soldiers, 2 civilians killedFive [ [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/7313911.stm BBC NEWS | Africa | Somalia fighting prompts warning ] ] Somali soldiers and two civilians were killed when Islamist fighters raided the town of
Jowhar , near Mogadhishu, officials said. [ [http://www.france24.com/en/20080326-somalia-dangerous-aid-work-agencies Somalia too dangerous for aid work: agencies | France 24 ] ]March 28, 2008
*3 civilians killedEthiopian soldiers killed 3 civilians in Mogadishu. [ [http://www.garoweonline.com/artman2/publish/Somalia_27/Ethiopian_soldiers_shoot_dead_3_civilians_in_Somali_capital.shtml Garowe Online - Home ] ]
March 29, 2008
*21 civilians killed21 civilians were killed and 42 injured when Ethiopian troops shelled the Bakara market in Mogadishu. The shelling followed a mortar attack on the presidential palace, where Somali President Abdullahi Yusuf was meeting with Ethiopia's foreign affairs minister, Seyoum Mesfin. [ [http://www.garoweonline.com/artman2/publish/Somalia_27/Somalia_21_dead_42_wounded_in_Bakara_market_shelling.shtml Garowe Online - Home ] ]
March 30, 2008
*9 Ethiopian soldiers killedA massive explosion has destroyed an Ethiopian military convoy in South Mogadishu, killing at least nine soldiers and wounding many others. [ [http://www.somalinet.com/news/world/Somalia/14959 Latest News - SomaliNet ] ] [ [http://www.presstv.ir/Detail.aspx?id=49563§ionid=351020501 Press TV - Blast kills 9 Ethiopians in Somalia ] ]
March 31, 2008
Buulo Burte fighting
*22 Somali soldiers, 4 civilians killed, 1 insurgent killedIslamists took control of
Buulo Burte town, 206 kilometres (128 miles) north of the capital Mogadishu. Local elders said at least 11 people were killed in the fighting in the town in Somalia's Hiraan region. "There are eight dead bodies lying in the streets now -- seven of them are Somali soldiers and one is a civilian. Three other civilians were killed outside town," said Ismail Mohamed Nur, an elder. [ [http://www.france24.com/en/20080331-islamists-seize-central-somali-town-11-killed-residents France 24 | Islamists seize central Somali town, 11 killed: residents | France 24 ] ]Residents confirmed that nearly 200 fighters armed with rocket-propelled grenades and machine guns have been in the town for at least four hours. ICU fighters released scores of prisoners from the police station. [ [http://www.presstv.ir/Detail.aspx?id=49720§ionid=351020501 Press TV - ICU seizes central Somali town ] ]
Numbers were later revised and the total number of killed soldiers was 22, an 1 insurgent killed. [ [http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/africa/04/04/somalia.al.qaeda/index.html Islamic fighters seize Somalia town - CNN.com ] ]
Mogadishu fighting
*1 Somali soldier, 1 insurgent killed1 soldier and 1 insurgent killed in an insurgent sneak attack. [ [http://www.garoweonline.com/artman2/publish/Somalia_27/Somalia_2_killed_in_Mogadishu_violence_President_frees_prisoners.shtml Garowe Online - Home ] ]
April
April 1, 2008
*1 Somali soldier, 2 insurgents killedThe home of Somalia's Minister for Internal Affairs, Muse Nur Amin, was attacked by a group of heavily armed insurgents overnight. "Our guards were standing at the front…they exchanged gunfire with the attackers," Minister Amin said, adding that one guard and two attackers were killed during the brief skirmish. [ [http://www.garoweonline.com/artman2/publish/Somalia_27/Somalia_3_killed_as_insurgents_attack_Interior_Minister_s_Mogadishu_home.shtml Garowe Online - Home ] ]
April 3, 2008
*17 Somali soldiers, 2 civilians killedIslamist fighters attacked a military camp near in
Addado town, 500 kilometres (310 miles) north of the capital Mogadishu, killing 15 soldiers and wounded 20 others. "The fighting was very heavy, al-Shabaab fighters attacked our military base outside Addado (town) and we lost 15 men and six vehicles," Dahir Shidane, an army commander, told AFP. [http://www.france24.com/en/20080403-least-19-killed-somali-fighting France 24 | At least 19 killed in Somali fighting | France 24 ] ]Separately, insurgents attacked a Somali governor in southwestern region and killed two policemen and two civilians, witnesses said. The attack occurred in
Qasahdere town, 335 kilometres (208 miles) southwest of the capital Mogadishu.April 5, 2008
*3 Somali soldiers, 4 civilians killedAt least seven people including four civilians were killed in Somalia's capital in guerrilla attacks, sources said. [ [http://www.garoweonline.com/artman2/publish/Somalia_27/Somalia_7_killed_in_Mogadishu_attacks.shtml Garowe Online - Home ] ]
April 7, 2008
*5 Somali soldiers, 8 civilians killedDeadly bomb explosions went off in three cities in Somalia, killing at least 13 people including five members of the government security forces, officials said. The attacks occurred in Baidoa, Beledweyne and Mogadishu. [ [http://www.somalinet.com/news/world/Somalia/15055 Latest News - SomaliNet ] ] [ [http://www.garoweonline.com/artman2/publish/Somalia_27/Deadly_explosions_rock_cities_in_Somalia_as_Ethiopian_troops_advance.shtml Garowe Online - Home ] ]
April 8, 2008
*1 AMISOM soldier (Burundi), 1 insurgent killedA
Toyota pickup truck loaded with explosives struck a gated checkpoint where African Union peacekeepers stood guard, killing the suicide bomber and a peacekeeper fromBurundi , sources said. [ [http://www.somalinet.com/news/world/Somalia/15071 Latest News - SomaliNet ] ] [ [http://www.presstv.com/detail.aspx?id=50820§ionid=351020501 Press TV - Troop killed in Somali explosion ] ] [ [http://www.garoweonline.com/artman2/publish/Somalia_27/Somalia_Al_Shabaab_suicide_bomber_strikes_African_Union_peacekeepers.shtml Garowe Online - Home ] ]April 9, 2008
*5 Ethiopian soldiers killedAn Ethiopian army truck driving through the Somali capital hit a landmine, killing at least five soldiers on board and wounding others, witnesses said. [ [http://www.garoweonline.com/artman2/publish/Somalia_27/Somalia_5_Ethiopian_soldiers_killed_in_Mogadishu_roadside_bomb.shtml Garowe Online - Home ] ]
April 14, 2008
*2 British, 2 Kenyan, 4 Somali civilians killedSomalia's Islamist rebels have seized a provincial capital in central Somalia after the region's governor fled towards the Ethiopian border, sources said. Yusuf Daboged, the governor of Hiran region, fled to the border town of
Feer Feer with a few soldiers before the Islamist guerrillas entered Beletwein, the capital of Hiran.Somali Islamist militants killed two Somalis holding British passports and two Kenyans at a school in the town, local residents said. [ [http://www.nytimes.com/reuters/world/international-somalia-conflict.html?_r=1&ex=1365912000&en=2c1330b737293074&ei=5088&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss&oref=slogin Insurgents Attack Ugandan Troops In Somali Capital - NYTimes.com ] ]
In a separate incident in the port city of Merka, around 100 kilometres (60 miles) south of Mogadishu, suspected insurgents killed four civilians when they hurled a grenade on a cinema. [ [http://www.france24.com/en/20080414-britons-kenyans-among-four-killed-somalia-attack France 24 | Britons, Kenyans among four killed in Somalia attack | France 24 ] ]
April 16, 2008
*1 Somali civilian killedAt least one woman was killed Wednesday in the south-central Somali town of Baidoa after a remotely-detonated bomb went off near an army convoy, witnesses said. [ [http://www.garoweonline.com/artman2/publish/Somalia_27/Somalia_Explosion_kills_Baidoa_woman.shtml Garowe Online - Home ] ]
April 17, 2008
*3 Ethiopian, 1 Somali soldier [ [http://shabelle.net/english/english/2008/04/17/tfg-soldier-killed-baidoa-town Shabelle Media Network - | Shabelle Media Network ] ] , 1 insurgent killedAn insurgent rocket propelled grenade hit a convoy of Ethiopian army trucks transporting water to a military base in north Mogadishu located near the ex-pasta factory. Three Ethiopian soldiers on board one of two water trucks were killed immediately after the truck exploded, according to eyewitness accounts. Ethiopian army reinforcements rushed to the scene from their base at the former pasta factory. A 20-minute skirmish ensued, pitting the Ethiopian troops against suspected insurgents linked to the country’s Islamist rebels. One of the insurgents was shot and killed by the soldiers, according to a witness. The remaining group of attackers was forced to flee the scene after the Ethiopian soldiers outgunned them. [ [http://www.garoweonline.com/artman2/publish/Somalia_27/3_Ethiopia_soldiers_killed_in_Somalia_rocket_fire.shtml Garowe Online - Home ] ]
April 18, 2008
*5 Somali soldiers killedAt least one government soldier was killed in southern Somalia as heavily-armed militias stormed a compound where
CARE International stored food aid, sources said. The incident happened in the coastal town of ‘Adale , in Middle Shabelle region north of the capital Mogadishu. [ [http://www.garoweonline.com/artman2/publish/Somalia_27/Soldier_killed_as_Somali_militias_rob_food_aid.shtml Garowe Online - Home ] ]Another four soldiers [ [http://shabelle.net/english/english/2008/04/18/english/2008/04/18/four-soldiers-killed-mogadishu-fighting Shabelle Media Network - | Shabelle Media Network ] ] died in clashes in Mogadishu.
April 19-20, 2008
*11 Ethiopian soldiers, 7 Somali soldiers, 10 insurgents, 98 [ [http://www.hiiraan.com/news2_rss/2008/Apr/somalia_death_toll_nears_100_with_fresh_fighting.aspx Somalia death toll nears 100 with fresh fighting ] ] civilians killedMilitants ambushed a group of Ethiopian soldiers, who entered an area of Mogadishu on foot, sparking heavy battles. The intense battle spread out across three districts in the northern quarter of the capital Mogadishu, with Ethiopian troops expanding into insurgent strongholds for the first time in weeks. Abdi Rahim Isa Adow, a spokesman for the Islamic insurgents, confirmed that seven militants had been killed but said that "a large number of Ethiopian soldiers" had also been killed. Among the dead were 98 civilians, five of whom were killed at a tea bar in the northern part of the city by an artillery strike. The casualties "were caused by Ethiopians using heavy artillery and tank shells in residential areas of the war-torn capital. We condemn this latest fighting," said the chairman of Elman Human Rights, Sudan Ali Ahmed. Witness Omar Abdulahi said that among the dead he counted were two old men shot by Ethiopian soldiers inside their homes. Nasteho Moalim said her 7-year-old daughter and three neighbors were killed by tank shells fired by Ethiopian forces that hit their homes. [http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/04/20/africa/19somalia.php Fighting kills 81 in Somalia, rights group says - International Herald Tribune ] ] [ [http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/africa/04/19/somalia/index.html 27 reported killed in Somalia capital - CNN.com ] ] [ [http://www.garoweonline.com/artman2/publish/Somalia_27/20_killed_as_insurgents_ambush_Ethiopia_soldiers_in_Somalia.shtml Garowe Online - Home ] ]
On April 20, Islamist insurgents ambushed a security vehicle in the capital's Madina neighbourhood, killing two soldiers and a shopowner who was caught in the crossfire. [ [http://www.france24.com/en/20080420-mogadishu-clashes-claim-seven-more-lives France 24 | Mogadishu clashes claim seven more lives | France 24 ] ] . Later in the day, five Somali soldiers and three insurgents in addition to a number of civilians. [ [http://www.france24.com/en/20080420-somalia-mogadishu-violence-islamist-forces&navi=MONDE France 24 | New violence rocks Mogadishu | France 24 ] ] Two Ethiopian soldiers were confirmed to be among the dead. [ [http://www.garoweonline.com/artman2/publish/Somalia_27/Somalia_Dozens_more_killed_in_second_day_of_Mogadishu_violence.shtml Garowe Online - Home ] ]
Ethiopian troops reportedly killed 11 civilians at a mosque in Mogadishu.
April 21, 2008
*4 Somali soldiers killedIslamist fighters seized the southern coastal town of
Guda , killing four Somali soldiers and wounding at least seven more, locals said. [ [http://www.banadir.com/Somalia_death-toll_up_to_85_Islamists_take_towns.shtml Welcome banadir.com - where news is always free ] ]April 22, 2008
*4 Somali soldiers killed, 2 insurgents killedGovernment militiamen recaptured the town of
Gunda in fighting that killed five one both sides, while insurgents capturedBerdale , nearBaidoa . The Islamists forced local authorities to disarm, and there were no casualties. In Baidoa masked gunmen shot dead a government intelligence officer. [ [http://wiredispatch.com/news/?id=138262 Somalia death toll nears 100 with fresh fighting ] ]April 27, 2008
*9 Somali soldiers, 2 insurgents, 2 civilians killedIslamist guerrillas attacked a military post in Mogadishu, witnesses reported. Among the dead were nine government soldiers and two insurgents. A mother and her child were killed when a mortar slammed into their home, according to neighbors.
Local sources said insurgents at first launched mortars on Villa Baidoa, a major Somali army base in Mogadishu. Face-to-face street fighting then followed the mortars, with insurgents and soldiers exchanging gunfire for nearly two hours. [ [http://www.garoweonline.com/artman2/publish/Somalia_27/13_killed_in_Somali_capital_after_insurgents_attack_military_post.shtml Garowe Online - Home ] ] [ [http://www.presstv.ir/detail.aspx?id=53367§ionid=351020501 Press TV - S. Mogadishu gov't base attacked ] ]
April 28, 2008
*4 Ethiopian soldiers killedA blast in Baidoa killed 4 Ethiopian soldiers. [ [http://www.shabelle.net/english/2008/04/28/heavy-blast-rocks-baidoa-town Heavy blast rocks in Baidoa town | Shabelle Media Network ] ]
April 29, 2008
*2 Somali soldiers killedSomali insurgents shot and killed two soldiers in a central section of Mogadishu, witnesses reported. [ [http://www.garoweonline.com/artman2/publish/Somalia_27/Somalia_Insurgents_kill_2_soldiers_in_Mogadishu_sneak_attack.shtml Garowe Online - Home ] ]
April 30, 2008
*4 Ethiopian soldiers, 1 Somali soldier, 18 [http://ochaonline.un.org/OchaLinkClick.aspx?link=ocha&docId=1088946] civilians killedWitnesses in Somalia said that an explosion in southwestern Somalia's town of Baidoa killed four Ethiopian troops. Troops shot 18 civilians afterwards. [ [http://www.somalinet.com/news/world/Somalia/15372 Latest News - SomaliNet ] ] [ [http://www.shabelle.net/english/2008/04/30/raucous-blast-ethiopian-troops-rocks-baidoa-townsoldiers-kill-13 Raucous blast on Ethiopian troops rocks in Baidoa town,soldiers kill 13 | Shabelle Media Network ] ]
Militants assassinated the army commander-in-chief of Beledweyne. [ [http://www.shabelle.net/english/2008/04/30/higher-ranking-army-commander-killed-central-somalia Higher-ranking army commander killed in central Somalia | Shabelle Media Network ] ]
May
May 1, 2008:
Dhusamareb airstrike *2 Somali soldiers, 6 insurgents, 5 [ [http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/africa/05/02/somalia.airstrike.ap/index.html Somali militants vow to avenge deadly U.S. airstrike - CNN.com ] ] civilians killed2 Somali soldiers died in a friendly-fire incident. The Somali Soldier behind the killings was arrested. [ [http://www.shabelle.net/english/2008/05/01/tfg-soldier-kills-two-soldiers-south-somalia-0 TFG soldier kills two soldiers in south of Somalia | Shabelle Media Network ] ] 6 pro-al Qaeda Somali insurgents were killed in a U.S. air strike, including
Aden Hashi Ayro , head ofal Qaeda in Somalia. [ [http://wiredispatch.com/news/?id=151129 US missile strike kills reputed al-Qaida leader in Somalia ] ]May 2, 2008
*3 Somali soldiers killedThree Somali government soldiers were killed in an attack south of Mogadishu. [ [http://www.shabelle.net/english/2008/05/02/three-soldiers-killed-south-somalia-residents Three soldiers killed south of Somalia-residents | Shabelle Media Network ] ]
May 4, 2008
*3 Ethiopian soldiers killedThree Ethiopian soldiers were killed in a bomb attack in Mogadishu. [ [http://www.shabelle.net/english/2008/05/04/explosion-mogadishu-kills-ethiopian-soldiers Explosion in Mogadishu kills Ethiopian soldiers | Shabelle Media Network ] ]
May 5, 2008
*7 Somali civilians killedWitnesses and officials in Somalia said thousands of angry Somalis rioted over rising food prices and the collapse of the nation's currency, culminating in clashes with government troops and armed shopkeepers that killed at least five protesters. [ [http://www.somalinet.com/news/world/Somalia/15416 Latest News - SomaliNet ] ]
In other events, a grenade thrown by insurgents at the police missed its target, but killed at least two civilian bystanders, according to a witness. [ [http://www.garoweonline.com/artman2/publish/Somalia_27/Amid_insurgent_attacks_violent_riots_in_Somalia_over_food_prices.shtml Garowe Online - Home ] ]
May 7, 2008
*3 civilians killedEthiopian troops in central Somalia were ambushed as they withdrew from one town and were heading back towards the Ethiopian border, locals said. Ethiopian soldiers who left the frontlines entered a small village where they pulled three Somali civilians from their home and executed them, according to local sources. [ [http://www.garoweonline.com/artman2/publish/Somalia_27/Deadly_battles_in_central_Somalia_between_Ethiopia_soldiers_insurgents.shtml Garowe Online - Home ] ]
May 8, 2008
*14 Somali soldiers, 28 civilians, 8 Ethiopian soldiers, 5 [ [http://www.garoweonline.com/artman2/publish/Somalia_27/13_killed_as_Ethiopia_soldiers_Islamist_guerrillas_fight_in_Somalia.shtml Garowe Online - Home ] ] insurgents killed
A roadside explosion targeting a Somali police official in Mogadishu hit a police car, killing two officers inside and two civilian bystanders, witnesses said. [ [http://www.garoweonline.com/artman2/publish/Somalia_27/Young_girl_2_police_officers_killed_in_Somalia_roadside_blast.shtml Garowe Online - Home ] ]
A roadside bomb killed eight Somali government soldiers and wounded six others when it tore through a convoy in the town of Baidoa. [ [http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/05/08/2238656.htm Roadside bomb kills 8 troops in Somalia - ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation) ] ]
Insurgents ambush an Ethiopian military convoy killing 8 soldiers while losing 2 fighters. Ethiopians then killed 13 civilians who were nearby. [http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5gRGgQXsw_oLGflVY0fiyXHOAenuA AFP: Fresh fighting in Mogadishu after 35 killed: police ] ] A
World Food Programme driver was killed after militamen stopped 12 trucks loaded with food to feed refugees. WFP condemned the attack. [ [http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/RWB.NSF/db900SID/LSGZ-7EFCQG?OpenDocument Press Releases: Somalia, WFP driver killed by militiaman in central Somalia ] ]Ethiopian forces killed another 12 nomads in
Walaweyne , about 90 kilometres (55 miles) east of Mogadishu.Firing rocket-propelled grenades and heavy submachine guns, Islamist fighters seized the police headquarters at the heart of the government's stronghold in Mogadishu in a bold attack that witnesses said killed two soldiers and two policemen. [ [http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/24526442/ Somali rebels seize police headquarters - Africa - MSNBC.com ] ]
May 9, 2008
*2 Somali soldiers, 4 civilians killedAt least six people have died and 13 have been wounded in clashes in Mogadishu, the Somali capital, between opposition fighters and the army, according to witnesses. [http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/05/09/AR2008050901698.html]
May 10, 2008
*7 civilians killed, 9 Somali soldiers, 2 Ethiopian soldiers killedIslamist militia ambushed government forces overnight in the south of Somalia's war-wracked capital, killing at least seven civilians, witnesses said. [ [http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5h69IkSIhERV0V22r48u-B0dEtFOQ AFP: At least 11 killed in Somali ambushes: witnesses ] ] In another incident, insurgents killed five government soldiers in an ambush outside the capital Mogadishu. [ [http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2008/5/10/worldupdates/2008-05-10T170811Z_01_NOOTR_RTRMDNC_0_-335110-1&sec=Worldupdates Somali Islamists ambush troops outside Mogadishu ] ]
Further attacks killed 4 Somali and 2 Ethiopian soldiers. [ [http://www.garoweonline.com/artman2/publish/Somalia_27/Insurgents_ambush_Somalia_s_interior_minister_4_soldiers_killed.shtml Garowe Online - Home ] ]
May 11, 2008
*2 civilians killedEthiopian soldiers standing guard at a major road inside Baidoa shot and killed two walking civilians, according to witnesses. [ [http://www.garoweonline.com/artman2/publish/Somalia_27/Somalia_Lawmaker_s_home_attacked_Ethiopia_soldiers_kill_2_civilians.shtml Garowe Online - Home ] ]
May 12, 2008
*3 civilians killedAt least three civilians were killed when Islamist insurgents attacked an Ethiopian military convoy south of Mogadishu, witnesses said. [ [http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5jsPugzsW8tRwalFjsQLoz0N6vTiA AFP: Three civilians killed in Somalia attack ] ]
May 14, 2008
*1 Ethiopian soldier killedAn Ethiopian soldier was killed and an another one was injured after a hand grenade was thrown at them. [ [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/7400745.stm BBC NEWS | World | Africa | Somali surprise at Ethiopia aid ] ]
May 17, 2008
*2 pro-government militiamen, 4 Ethiopian soldiers, 1 Civilian killedThe Islamic Courts Union ousted militiamen loyal to Somalia's fragile government from
Jilib . A resident said he saw two dead government fighters near a checkpoint and five others, including two civilians, who were badly wounded. After the insurgents entered the town from several directions, the two sides fought with guns and rocket-propelled grenades. The Islamic militants seized some weapons and equipment from the government side, including four armored trucks. [ [http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2004421048_apsomaliafighting.html?syndication=rss Nation & World | Rights leader: Islamist fighters seize Somali town | Seattle Times Newspaper ] ]Heavy fighting erupted in
Mogadishu between Ethiopian soldiers and Insurgents. Insurgents ambushed an Ethiopian army convoy transporting food to a majory army base in Mogadishu. They hit an IED and then the insurgents opened fire. Four Ethiopian soldiers were killed. Along with the deaths 3 insurgents and 4 Ethiopians were wounded. [ [http://www.garoweonline.com/artman2/publish/Somalia_27/4_Ethiopia_soldiers_killed_in_Somalia_clashes.shtml Garowe Online - Home ] ]The Head of aid organisation Horn Relief Ahmed Bariyow was killed
Kismayo just after he returned from a trip toNairobi . Two men shot him in front of his house. [ [http://www.shabelle.net/english/2008/05/17/horn-relief-aid-organization%E2%80%99s-head-killed-kismayu-town-overnight Horn Relief aid organization’s head killed in Kismayu town overnight | Shabelle Media Network ] ]May 18, 2008
*4 Ethiopian soldiers, 3 insurgents, 1 civilian killed. Insurgents ambushed Ethiopian soldiers guarding military trucks. The soldiers recently withdrew from Burhakaba and were heading for
Mogadishu . At least 8 people, including four Ethiopian soldiers, were killed after the rebels ambushed soldiers on foot. Three rebels and one villager were also killed during the fighting, witnesses said. [ [http://www.garoweonline.com/artman2/publish/Somalia_27/8_killed_as_Ethiopia_soldiers_insurgents_clash_in_Somalia.shtml Garowe Online - Home ] ]May 20, 2008
*3 Ethiopian soldiers, 5 Somali soldiers, 2 civilians killed.
Three Ethiopian and two government soldiers investigating a former military college building in
Mogadishu died in an explosion. [ [http://www.shabelle.net/english/2008/05/20/blast-kills-five-ethio-som-soldiers-mogadishu Blast kills Five Ethio-som soldiers in Mogadishu | Shabelle Media Network ] ]Insurgents attacked a checkpoint outside
Mogadishu with RPGs and machine guns. Three soldiers who manned the checkpoint died along with two civilians. [ [http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5hLgXHYRCGivx_YidU_xUw6qn1JcQ AFP: Ten killed in latest Somalia violence: witnesses ] ]May 22, 2008
*2 Ethiopian soldiers killed2 Ethiopian soldiers were killed in an explosion in Mogadishu. [ [http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5jy8QP9oaFGomK8AaAfkETqaPQzQQ AFP: Two Ethiopian soldiers killed in Somalia blast ] ]
May 23, 2008
*6 civilians killed.Insurgents attacked a group of Ethiopian and Somali soldiers searching and confiscating weapons in Mogadishu. Two Somali soldiers were wounded and Five people "dressed in civilian clothes" died. It couldn't be confirmed if they were Insurgents.
A Somali driver who volunteered and lent his car to the Red Cross was shot dead by two armed men suspected to be insurgents. He died in the same town where a US air strike killed the leader of Al-Shabaab, Dhusamareb . [ [http://www.garoweonline.com/artman2/publish/Somalia_27/Day_s_violence_claims_civilians_peacekeepers_and_an_aid_worker_in_Somalia.shtml Garowe Online - Home ] ]
May 24, 2008
*3 Ethiopian soldiers, 3 insurgents, 4 pirates , 3 civilians killedIn Mogadishu, insurgents simultaneously attacked Somali soldiers manning a checkpoint and a nearby Ethiopian army base in the northern quarter of the capital. Five people, including a young child, were killed during the 30-minute battle, witnesses said. Among the dead were three Ethiopian soldiers who were on foot and engaged in face-to-face combat with the rebels. The Ethiopians also killed one of the insurgents, who were eventually pushed back and forced to disperse as heavy reinforcements rushed to the scene. [http://www.garoweonline.com/artman2/publish/Somalia_27/11_killed_in_Somalia_as_rebels_attack_govt_troops_pirates.shtml Garowe Online - Home ] ]
Further up north in Central Somalia. 2 Islamic militants died when they fought pirates at the coastal town of Hobyo. They managed to kill 4 pirates and capture 6 alive. The Islamic Courts have taken a strong stance against piracy since the Summer of 2006. [ [http://www.jamestown.org/terrorism/news/article.php?articleid=2370113 Somalia's Islamists Attempt to Rein in Pirates ] ]
Two civilians linked with the government were killed by an armed group who entered their locale and shot them. [ [http://allafrica.com/stories/200805250016.html allAfrica.com: Somalia: Armed Groups Kill Two in Mogadishu (Page 1 of 1) ] ]
May 25, 2008
2 Somali soldiers killed.
Two Somali soldiers working for the tax services where shot dead by two gunmen. The gunmen escaped before the police rushed to the scene to collect the dead bodies. [ [http://www.garoweonline.com/artman2/publish/Somalia_27/Somalia_2_killed_in_Mogadishu_shooting.shtml Garowe Online - Home ] ]
May 26, 2008
*17 civilians , 2 Somali soldiers, 2 insurgents killed.
Ethiopian troops shot three civilians in Mogadishu. Before they were killed they were beaten with sticks. Evidence of torture appeared on their bodies.
Armed men shot two Somali soldiers dressed in civilian clothings in West Mogadishu. The armed men ran away has soldiers came to collect the bodies. They arrested two men in the crowd and took them to a Police station. [ [http://www.shabelle.net/english/2008/05/26/ethiopian-soldiers-kill-three-capital-groups-kill-two-soldiers Ethiopian soldiers kill three in the capital, groups kill two soldiers | Shabelle Media Network ] ]
14 [ [http://www.france24.com/en/20080527-mogadishu-attack-death-toll-rises-18 France 24 | Mogadishu attack death toll rises to 18 | France 24 ] ] civilians died when insurgents attacked
AMISOM soldiers in the capital Mogadishu. They launched the attacks from four different directions. Eight died when a mortar hit the building they were hiding in. Two young boys behind a hotel died while an another young boy died near a former hospital when he was caught in a crossfire. The insurgents retreated after the African Union soldiers killed two of their fighters. [ [http://www.shabelle.net/english/2008/05/26/eleven-more-killed-mogadishu-fighting Eleven more killed in Mogadishu fighting | Shabelle Media Network ] ] [ [http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5hTKdpz2Ss-o0uauDa96gMC92eQ3Q AFP: Heavy civilian toll as Mogadishu fighting kills at least 13 ] ]May 27, 2008
*4 civilians killedFour civilians were killed in Dharkenley neighborhood, west of Mogadishu. [ [http://www.shabelle.net/english/2008/05/27/four-killed-mogadishu-overnight Four killed in Mogadishu overnight | Shabelle Media Network ] ]
June
June 1, 2008
*4 Kenyan soldiers killedReports from Liboi town on the Kenyan-Somali border say that unknown armed Somali groups shot dead four Kenyan soldiers according to the officials. The killing of these soldiers came as the Kenyan Security personnel in the bordering Mandera town and its environs have been put on high alert following the increasing numbers of refugees entering the country from war torn Somalia. [http://www.shabelle.net/english/2008/06/01/armed-somali-groups-kill-four-kenyan-soldiers-along-somali-border]
June 2, 2008
*3 civilians killedThree have been killed and the same number wounded when attackers threw a hand grenade into a cinema hall in Galkayo. [ [http://www.somalinet.com/news/world/Somalia/15704 Latest News - SomaliNet ] ]
June 7-9, 2008: Mogadishu fighting
*3 Somali soldiers, 4 insurgents, 21 civilians killed28 people died, among them three soldiers and four insurgents [http://www.garoweonline.com/artman2/publish/Somalia_27/Somalia_7_killed_in_Mogadishu_clashes_Islamists_capture_district.shtml Garowe Online - Home ] ] , died in three days of heavy fighting in Mogadishu. [ [http://www.iht.com/articles/reuters/2008/06/07/africa/OUKWD-UK-SOMALIA-CONFLICT.php Death toll rises to 16 in Mogadishu violence - International Herald Tribune ] ]
Witnesses in south Mogadishu said the fighting started after suspected insurgents hurled grenades at Somali and Ethiopian soldiers on foot patrol, instantly killing the three soldiers. Face-to-face combat erupted immediately, pitting joint Somali-Ethiopian troops against the Islamist rebels, who were forcefully routed out of the area minutes later.
It was followed by heavy artillery clashes around the Bakara market. [ [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/7442403.stm BBC NEWS | Africa | Deadly clashes hit Somali market ] ]
June 7, 2008: Qansah-Dheere district takeover
*1 Somali soldier killedIn Bay region, northwest of Mogadishu, al Shabaab insurgents entered the district of
Qansah-Dheere and took control without facing any resistance. Residents said there were no government troops present when the insurgents arrived.But a prisons official, Col. Ali Barre, was shot and killed by the insurgents near his home in Qansah-Dheere after they took control of the town.
June 10, 2008
*6 Somali soldiers, 3 civilians killedSomali insurgents killed five officers and one civilian in an attack on a Mogadishu police base, witnesses said. A witness said insurgents also killed a policeman and a taxi-driver in the provincial town of Baidoa. "They came from an alley and fired at the taxi."And in Mogadishu, suspected insurgents shot dead a tax-collector, residents said. [http://www.somalinet.com/news/world/Somalia/15812 Latest News - SomaliNet ] ]
The attacks came after Islamist hardliners
Hassan Dahir Aweys andHassan Abdullah Hersi al-Turki -- who are both on U.S. and U.N. lists ofal Qaeda associates -- rejected a peace deal signed inDjibouti .June 11, 2008
*1 civilian killedThe head of the local Woman and Child Care aid agency, Mohamed Mahdi, was killed by unidentified gunmen. They opened fire on his car, as he was travelling through Mogadishu. [ [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/7448883.stm BBC NEWS | Africa | Top Somali aid worker shot dead ] ]
June 12, 2008
*5 civilians killedIslamic insurgents attacked government soldiers near Mogadishu airport just minutes after Somali President
Abdullahi Yusuf Ahmed took off leaving at least five civilians dead, residents and officials said. [ [http://www.somalinet.com/news/world/Somalia/15828 Latest News - SomaliNet ] ]June 13, 2008
*2 Somali civilians, 1 Ugandan civilian killedAn English teacher from
Uganda and a clan elder were shot and killed in separate incidents in Somalia’sLower Shabelle region, sources said. [ [http://www.garoweonline.com/artman2/publish/Somalia_27/Somalia_Uganda_teacher_elder_killed_in_Lower_Shabelle_region.shtml Garowe Online - Home ] ]A driver working for the United Nation's World Food Programme was killed while driving in a convoy of trucks taking relief food from Mogadishu to the Bay and Bakool regions. [ [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/7453459.stm BBC NEWS | Africa | Gunmen kill WFP driver in Somalia ] ]
June 15, 2008
*1 Somali soldier killedGunmen killed a soldier in Kismayu. [http://www.shabelle.net/english/2008/06/15/deadly-attack-occurs-southern-town]
June 17, 2008
*6 civilians killedAt least six people were killed in fighting in Mogadishu, witnesses said. [http://www.shabelle.net/english/2008/06/17/6-dead-4-injured-mogadishu-fighting]
June 18, 2008
*4 Somali soldiers killedFour policemen including a senior commander were killed when their convoy hit an IED. [ [http://www.hiiraan.com/news2/2008/Jun/nine_killed_in_mogadishu_clashes.aspx Nine killed in Mogadishu clashes ] ] [http://www.shabelle.net/english/2008/06/18/senior-government-commander-killed-mogadishu-blast]
June 19, 2008
*20 [ [http://canadianpress.google.com/article/ALeqM5h0sZPleV5BAICLiSEoKGUDyzY5DA] Dead link|date=August 2008] civilians, 10 Ethiopian soldiers, 2 insurgents killed.Fighting in Mogadishu began when 100 insurgents armed with rocket-propelled grenades attacked three government and Ethiopian bases south of the city. An Islamist spokesman told the BBC they had killed 10 Ethiopian troops, while two of their men had died. Eye-witnesses said the civilians were killed when Ethiopian troops fired shells in response to the attack by militants from the al-Shabab group. [ [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/7465021.stm BBC NEWS | Africa | Family killed in Somali clashes ] ]
June 22, 2008
*3 Somali soldiers killedA TFG army convoy passing through Dharkenley in
Mogadishu hit an IED. Three soldiers died and four were injured. The vehicle flipped over and the bodies of the soldiers fell out on to the ground. Blood was flowing under the vehicle. [http://www.shabelle.net/english/2008/06/22/explosion-mogadishu-claims-three-soldiers]June 23, 2008
Islamist forces capture Bardale, entirely encircling Baidoa and cutting off the highway to Dolo. They institute Sharia law and a ban on Qaat. [ [http://www.mareeg.com/fidsan.php?sid=6420&tirsan=3&PHPSESSID=925c9b9c9efae17d339d51acf034dcad somalia: Insurgents affect ban on Khat and films in district] ]
June 24, 2008
Islamist forces establish control of Bardhere unopposed, signaling a definitive shift of Marehan clan affiliation solidly into the Islamist column. [ [http://www.hiiraan.com/news2/2008/Jun/al_shabab_forces_take_control_of_bardere_city.aspx Al-Shabab Forces Take Control of Bardere City] ]
June 26, 2008
*11 Somali soldiers killedIslamists killed nine policemen in Mogadishu after tricking them into a meeting, and shot dead two government soldiers in a central village, Rebay, locals and authorities said. [ [http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/L26610364.htm Reuters AlertNet - Somalia conflict kills more than 2,100 this year ] ] [ [http://www.garoweonline.com/artman2/publish/Somalia_27/9_Somalia_officers_slaughtered_in_Mogadishu.shtml Garowe Online - Home ] ]
June 28, 2008
Islamist forces peacefully retook the strategic city of Beletwein after after the Ethiopian garrison withdraws from the area. Some looting of government facilities occurred, but Islamist commanders called on locals to return stolen property and uphold the peace.
Elsewhere in central Somalia, battles erupt between al Shabaab and Ethiopian forces. Both sides were reported to be using heavy weapons, including artillery and rockets. The figthing was reported to be particularly heavy around the town of Guri El, which is where the Ethiopians had withdrawn to after vacating Beletwein. Guri El residents were said to be seen fleeing in all directions as the fighting continued into the night. [ [http://www.garoweonline.com/artman2/publish/Somalia_27/Somalia_s_Islamic_Courts_militia_peacefully_takes_key_town.shtml Garowe Online - Home ] ] [ [http://www.garoweonline.com/artman2/publish/Somalia_27/Battles_in_central_Somalia_between_al_Shabaab_Ethiopia_soldiers.shtml Garowe Online - Home ] ]
June 29, 2008
*11 Somali civilans killed, 31 woundedAs the fighting around Guri El continued into Sunday, 11 civilians were confirmed to be killed in the fighting, with 31 others being wounded. Many of the families fleeing the area had previously fled the fighting in Mogadishu, only to be put to flight once again. [ [http://www.garoweonline.com/artman2/publish/Somalia_27/The_Ethiopia_military_s_puzzling_maneuvers_in_central_Somalia.shtml Garowe Online - Home ] ] [ [http://allafrica.com/stories/200806301352.html allAfrica.com: Somalia: Thousands Displaced Following Attack on Central Town (Page 1 of 1) ] ]
July
July 1, 2008 - Ongoing
*50 Ethiopian soldiers, 39-75 insurgents, 22 civilians killedIn between
Guriceel ,Galgadud andMataban ,Hiraan , Islamic Courts soldiers score a victory over the Ethiopian army, with 47 Ethiopian soldiers killed to 35 Islamist soldiers killed. 3 Ethiopian military vehicles were destroyed in the fighting and two were captured and brought toBeledweyn [ [http://www.mareeg.com/fidsan.php?sid=6617&tirsan=3 Somalia: Battle in central region kills 35 Islamists, 47 Ethiopian soldiers-witnes] ] . Ethiopian troops withdrew toFerfer across the border.An Ethiopian column supported by tanks and artillery drove southeast from Ferfer and engaged Islamic Courts forces in
Elgal in the mountainous northwestern outskirts of Beledweyn. The Ethiopian force pounded Islamist positions heavily withBallistic Missiles [ [http://www.mareeg.com/fidsan.php?sid=6631&tirsan=3 somalia:Heavy fighting reported in central Somalia region Hiiraan] ] .Later in the day the Ethiopian force advanced to Jandkundisho, a suburb of Beledweyn, and continued to pound the hills surrounding Beledweyn [ [http://www.hiiraan.com/news2/2008/July/ethiopian_troops_at_the_outskirts_of_beled_weyne.aspx Ethiopian Troops at the Outskirts of Beled Weyne] ] .On
July 24 , Ethiopian troops finally renewed their fight for the town. Seven civilians were killed and 12 others were wounded after artillery shells and bullets hit residential areas in Beledweyne. At least 16 civilians were killed by the end of the first day of fighting [ [http://www.garoweonline.com/artman2/publish/Somalia_27/Somalia_insurgents_resist_Ethiopia_army_s_push_into_key_town.shtml Garowe Online - Home ] ] [ [http://www.mareeg.com/fidsan.php?sid=7014&tirsan=3 Somalia-7 die in central Somalia’s heavy shelling-witnesses ] ] [ [http://www.mareeg.com/fidsan.php?sid=7031&tirsan=3&PHPSESSID=925c9b9c9efae17d339d51acf034dcad Somalia: Central Somali town calm following heavy fighting on 24 July ] ]The next day fighting continued in Beledweyne, as Islamist rebels sought to push out Ethiopian troops who had retaken control of the town the day before. At least 12 people were killed, including three civilians who died when an artillery shell hit their home in the western side of Beledweyne. "Today's battle was very intense…I saw 9 dead bodies, including three Ethiopian soldiers and four rebels," one witness told. This brought the toll from two days of fighting to 28 dead. [ [http://www.garoweonline.com/artman2/publish/Somalia_27/Death_toll_from_two_days_of_fighting_in_central_Somalia_hits_28.shtml Garowe Online - Home ] ]
July 1, 2008
*1 civilan killedAn aid worker was shot and killed near Mogadishu. [ [http://english.aljazeera.net/news/africa/2008/07/200871144425617195.html Al Jazeera English - Africa - Dozens dead in Somalia clashes ] ]
July 2, 2008
*10 Somali civilians killedUpwards of 10 civilians were killed in Mogadishu, as fighting raged between Ethiopian-backed interim government forces and Islamist-led insurgents. [ [http://www.garoweonline.com/artman2/publish/Somalia_27/Somalia_More_than_10_killed_in_Mogadishu_clashes.shtml Garowe Online - Home ] ]
July 5, 2008
*6 Somali soldiers killed, 1 civilian killedAt least four soldiers are known to die in an IED explosion in the Mogadishu district of Yaqshid . The commissioner of the neighborhood and his wife also died. [http://www.shabelle.net/english/2008/07/05/senior-government-official-killed-mogadishu-blast-witnesses]
A TFG soldier was shot dead and had his arm stolen. Government soldiers raced to the scene but the assassin had already escaped with the arm. [http://www.shabelle.net/english/2008/07/05/tfg-soldier-shot-dead-west-mogadishu-witnesses]
July 6, 2008
Al-Shabab forces overpowered the TFG garrison in
Wanlaweyn ,Lower Shabeelle after a large pitched battle in the district's hinterlands. [ [http://www.mareeg.com/fidsan.php?sid=6661&tirsan=3 somalia-Alshabab raided Somali police station in vain southern town-residents] ] [ [http://www.mareeg.com/fidsan.php?sid=6666&tirsan=3 Somali: Two government vehicles seized by insurgents] ] . Two government vehicles were captured by al-Shabab. Fighting broke out between the TFG military and police inYaaq Biri Weyne ,Lower Shabeelle July 7, 2008
In a rare quiet day, the TFG-appointed chief judge of
Hiiraan resigns from his post due to "government's lack doing of its work". [ [http://www.mareeg.com/fidsan.php?sid=6698&tirsan=3 Hiran regional court chief resigns, blamed the government] ] His statements to the press show a marked sympathy for the UIC, and this may also be his statement of switching sides as well.July 8, 2008
*11 Somali soldiers killedAl-Shabab launches a midnight attack on Baidoa's presidential palace, airport and parliament with rockets and mortars, killing 11 soldiers [ [http://www.mareeg.com/fidsan.php?sid=6719&tirsan=4 11 soldiers killed in attack on Baidoa town overnight-witnesses] ] [ [http://www.iht.com/articles/reuters/2008/07/08/africa/OUKWD-UK-SOMALIA-CONFLICT.php Islamist rebels attack Somali government HQ - International Herald Tribune ] ] in the encircled and vulnerable de-facto capital of the Transitional Government. Baidoa Airport is the only available lifeline for the city. In the tense situation, Baidoa police open fire on a bus that refused to stop for them, killing many onboard. TFG police are known to extort money from travelers at roadblocks, and this is likely an unrelated incident. [ [http://www.mareeg.com/fidsan.php?sid=6710&tirsan=3 Somalia: Mortars fired overnight in Baidoa] ]
The situation in Beledweyne remained calm but tense as the traditional elders of Beledweyne requested that both the Ethiopian military and Islamic Courts forces remain outside the town, Beledweyne residents having been instructed not to provide water to the Ethiopian military. [ [http://allafrica.com/stories/200807080678.html Somalia: Elders in Beled Weyne Ask Ethiopian Troops And Insurgents to Stay Out] ]
July 9, 2008
*3 insurgents, 1 Somali soldier killedUnion of Islamic Courts forces seized a large shipment of Ethiopian arms and military vehicles from an armored convoy heading from Balidogle Airport to Baidoa meant for the TFG military [ [http://www.hiiraan.com/news2/2008/July/uic_seizes_weapons_and_vehicles_spokesman.aspx UIC Seizes Weapons and Vehicles, Spokesman] ] . 3 Islamists were killed in the battle, as well as one confirmed government soldier dead. [ [http://www.garoweonline.com/artman2/publish/Somalia_27/4_killed_as_insurgents_soldiers_battle_in_Somalia.shtml Garowe Online - Home ] ] The convoy was attacked a second time in
Wanla Weyne before finally reaching Baidoa. [ [http://www.garoweonline.com/artman2/publish/Somalia_27/4_killed_as_insurgents_soldiers_battle_in_Somalia.shtml 4 killed as insurgents, soldiers battle in Somalia] ] .July 10, 2008
*2 Somali soldiers killedIslamists seized the control of Deynunay town 20km south of Baidoa city the seat of Somalia parliament, killing one government soldier, a spokesman said. [http://www.shabelle.net/english/2008/07/10/southwestern-somali-town-overrun-islamists-spokesman] Later in the day this would rise to two dead, two injured. [ [http://www.hiiraan.com/news2/2008/July/two_soldiers_killed_in_fresh_insurgent_attack_on_somali_town.aspx Two soldiers killed in fresh insurgent attack on Somali town] ] . Daynunay was the site of some of the fiercest fighting of the
Battle of Baidoa from December 20-24, 2007.July 11, 2008
*8 civilians, 3 Somali soldiers killed [ [http://www.garoweonline.com/artman2/publish/Somalia_27/Somalia_10_killed_in_Somalia_attacks_including_aid_worker.shtml Garowe Online - Home ] ] [http://www.shabelle.net/english/2008/07/11/somali-islamists-kill-two-government-soldiers-mogadishu-witnesses]
Fierce fighting near Daynunay continued for a second day as Islamist and TFG forces battled, 3 TFG soldiers were killed in the battle. [ [http://insidesomalia.org/News/Politics-|-Somalia/Heavy-Confrontation-in-Some-Parts-of-Bay-Region-in-Southern-Somalia.html Heavy Confrontation in Some Parts of Bay Region in Southern Somalia] ]
July 13, 2008
*10 civilians, 1 Somali soldier killedAt least 10 civilians were killed and 15 badly beaten as part of a campaign by Ethiopian troops to root out militants in the Daynille and Bangala refugee camps. 1 soldier died in Mogadishu. [ [http://www.somalinet.com/news/world/Somalia/16145 Latest News - SomaliNet ] ]
July 14, 2008
*3 Somali soldiers, 1 insurgent killed3 Somali soldiers and 1 insurgent were killed in various attacks in Mogadishu. [ [http://www.garoweonline.com/artman2/publish/Somalia_27/3_Somalia_soldiers_1_insurgent_killed_in_Mogadishu_attacks.shtml Garowe Online - Home ] ]
July 15, 2008
*8 Somali soldiers killedInsurgents gunned down a Somali soldier in Mogadishu, eyewitnesses said. [ [http://www.shabelle.net/News/ViewNews.asp?NewsID=139 Main Page ] ] Insurgents ambushed a joint Somali-Ethiopian force that was traveling by foot in
Berdale town, killing 7 Somali soldiers. [ [http://www.garoweonline.com/artman2/publish/Somalia_27/13_killed_in_Somalia_clashes.shtml Garowe Online - Home ] ]July 17, 2008
*16 civilians, 1 Somali soldier, 2 insurgents killed16 civilians died in fighting in Mogadishu [ [http://www.shabelle.net/News/ViewNews.asp?NewsID=178 Main Page ] ] , along with two insurgents. [ [http://www.somalinet.com/news/world/Somalia/16213 Latest News - SomaliNet ] ]
In a separate incident, gunmen killed a senior officer. [ [http://www.shabelle.net/News/ViewNews.asp?NewsID=177 Main Page ] ]
July 20, 2008
*10 insurgents, 3 Somali soldiers, 8 civilians killedTwo civilians were killed during clashes in Lower Shabelle region. Local sources told Garowe Online that they also saw 3 dead soldiers and "nearly 10" insurgents lying on the ground, as the fight subsided around sunset. The military claimed to have killed at least 13 insurgents, including an Iraqi and a Pakistani, but that hasn't been independently confirmed. [ [http://www.garoweonline.com/artman2/publish/Somalia_27/Somali_military_says_Pakistani_Iraqi_fighters_killed_in_clashes.shtml Garowe Online - Home ] ]
6 civilians died in fighting in Mogadishu. In the same fighting at least 9 Ethiopian soldiers and several insurgents were also killed according to statements by the two opposing sides. [ [http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5jT-IC8h206NJWTtVYWoXxrliw18AD9224BE00 The Associated Press: 7 civilians die in fighting in Somali capital ] ] [ [http://www.mareeg.com/fidsan.php?sid=6941&tirsan=3&PHPSESSID=466d6a27ea4608608b32868cb3d8f996 Somalia: Islamists claim responsibility for attack on Ethiopian troops ] ]
July 21, 2008
*6 Somali soldiers killedFighting erupted when TFG troops arrived in Afgoi District of Lower Shabelle Region. Two police officers loyal to the Afgoi District were killed and one Ethiopian-trained police officer was killed as well. Three more soldiers were killed as government forces, insurgents clashed in southern Somalia. [http://www.mareeg.com/fidsan.php?sid=6989&tirsan=3]
August
August 1, 2008
*1 Ugandan soldier killedA Ugandan soldier serving with the
AMISOM peace force in Somalia has been killed by a roadside bomb in the capital, Mogadishu. The attack took place near the international airport where most of the peacekeepers in Somalia are based. [ [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/7537125.stm BBC NEWS | Africa | Somali bombing kills peacekeeper ] ]August 2, 2008
*3 Ethiopian soldiers, 3 insurgentsFresh fighting in Mogadishu reportedly happened in Yaqshid neighborhood, residents said. Three Ethiopian soldiers died in fighting that erupted when the islamists fired heavy machineguns at his unit troops near Mogadishu stadium. "I saw three dead opposition [insurgent] fighters after the fighting stopped and Somali and Ethiopian troops spread out," said a nother witness, who did not want his name published. [ [http://www.garoweonline.com/artman2/publish/Somalia_27/Somalia_Scores_killed_in_Mogadishu_attacks.shtml Garowe Online - Home ] ]
August 3, 2008
*5 Somali soldiers, 22 civilians killedA roadside bomb ripped through a group of female street cleaners in Mogadishu, killing at least 20 civilians and wounding dozens, most of then women, witnesses and medical sources told AFP. The explosion went off in the southern K4 neighbourhood as dozens of women supported by local NGOs gathered to sweep the area, leaving scenes of carnage in the street. [ [http://www.france24.com/en/20080803-least-20-killed-mogadishu-bomb-carnage France 24 | At least 20 killed in Mogadishu bomb carnage | France 24 ] ] In a separate overnight attack, insurgents attacked military bases in north Mogadishu's Towfiq neighborhood killing at least three government soldiers. [ [http://www.abc3340.com/news/stories/0808/540977.html Bomb hidden in trash pile kills 20 Somalis|ABC 33/40 News ] ] In other attacks throughout the capital another two civilians and two policemen were killed. [http://allafrica.com/stories/200808050029.html allAfrica.com: Somalia: 16 People Killed in Mogadishu Violence (Page 1 of 1) ] ]
August 3, 2008
*2 Somali soldiersIn a sneak attack, two policemen were killed near the KM4 intersection.
August 5, 2008
*2 insurgents, 10 civilians killedMortar shells slammed into a residential area in Somalia's capital, killing at least 8 civilians — including a mother and her child, witnesses and a hospital official said. [ [http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5gKQ6Hm0yuq8jNqzJY4rRkn0qzwhQD92C206G0 The Associated Press: Witnesses: Ethiopian shelling kills 10 in Somalia ] ] In the same fighting two insurgents were confirmed to have died by an Islamist commander while the Ethiopians claimed to have killed two rebel fighters. Two people were killed and two others injured after gunmen opened fire on a passenger vehicle between Mogadishu and Middle Shabelle. [ [http://www.mareeg.com/fidsan.php?sid=7203&tirsan=3&PHPSESSID=466d6a27ea4608608b32868cb3d8f996 somalia-Militiamen kill two in southern district ] ]
August 7, 2008
*2 Somali soldiers killed [ [http://www.mareeg.com/fidsan.php?sid=7243&tirsan=3 somalia-Gunmen kill two policemen in central Somalia ] ]
August 9, 2008
*3 Somali soldiers killedThe commander of Ethiopian trained Somali troops was killed in a bomb explosion in southern outskirt of Mogadishu, eyewitnesses said. [ [http://www.shabelle.net/News/ViewNews.asp?NewsID=352 Main Page ] ]
Somali federal government security agency chief of Bakol region was shot dead in Hudur town. [ [http://www.shabelle.net/News/ViewNews.asp?NewsID=374 Main Page ] ]
A policeman was reported to have died when other government soldiers shot him near Afar Iridood police station in Mogadishu's Xamar Weynem District.The death of the policeman occurred when two policemen in uniform were reportedly involved in frisking people for valuables. [ [http://www.mareeg.com/fidsan.php?sid=7262&tirsan=3 Somalia-Soldiers shoot dead policeman in Mogadishu ] ]
August 11, 2008
*7 civilians, 2 Ethiopian soldiers killedOne civilian was killed in a retaliatory artillery strike by Ethiopian troops in Mogadishu after their base came under mortar fire. [http://www.mareeg.com/fidsan.php?sid=7292&tirsan=3&PHPSESSID=ed42125e66de582ee3c970f4cbdf8b92]
Two Ethiopian soldiers were killed in a roadside bomb explosion in southern Somalia, prompting their colleagues to open fire and killing six civilians, witnesses said. [http://www.garoweonline.com/artman2/publish/Somalia_27/Two_Ethiopian_troops_six_civilians_killed_in_Somalia.shtml]
August 12, 2008
*1 Somali soldier killedThe Somali army commander in the central regions, Abdullahi "Afgub" Ardaf, was killed in the town of Galkayo. [http://www.garoweonline.com/artman2/publish/Somalia_27/Somalia_s_central_regions_army_commander_assassinated_in_Galkayo.shtml]
August 14, 2008
*3 Ethiopian soldiers, 7 civilians killedFighting erupted along a key road that connects Mogadishu's Aden Adde International Airport and the Villa Somalia presidential palace after suspected insurgents attacked government security forces. One Ethiopian soldier was killed in the initial blast. Four civilians were killed when the Ethiopian soldiers opened gunfire afterwards, according to witnesses. In a separate attack, two Ethiopian soldiers and three civilians were killed when a hidden landmine exploded, destroying an army vehicle and a civilian car near Arbiska area.
August 15, 2008
*65 civilians killedEthiopian troops traveling in the southern outskirts of Mogadishu came under attack, when at least three explosions targeted the army convoy. The soldiers opened gunfire indiscriminately on two buses full of civilians, killing at least 40 people. Witnesses confirmed that "many women and children" were among the dead. [http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5gKQ6Hm0yuq8jNqzJY4rRkn0qzwhQD92IVI0G0] [http://www.garoweonline.com/artman2/publish/Somalia_27/56_killed_80_wounded_in_Somalia_violence.shtml] The next day another 16 bodies were discovered bringing the toll to 65. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/7565417.stm] [http://allafrica.com/stories/200808180170.html]
August 16, 2008
*4 Ethiopian soldiers, 9 civilians killed4 Ethiopian soldiers and 9 civilians died in fighting in Beletwein. [http://www.garoweonline.com/artman2/publish/Somalia_27/13_killed_in_central_Somalia_battles.shtml]
August 20, 2008-August 22:
Battle of Kismayo *89 people killed (including at least 18 civilians [http://www.garoweonline.com/artman2/publish/Somalia_27/Death_toll_in_Somalia_fighting_hits_20_as_al_Shabaab_capture_town.shtml] [http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/africa/08/23/somalia.fighting/index.html] )At least 89 people are reported to have died and 207 wounded during clashes in the southern Somali port of Kismayo. More than 3,000 people have fled the town, where sporadic gunfire could be heard on the third day of fighting in some of the worst violence in months. The Islamist forces captured the city by August 23. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/7576307.stm] [http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/africa/08/23/somalia.fighting/index.html]
August 21, 2008
*9 civilians killedFighting in Mogadishu left at least 9 civilians dead. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/7576307.stm]
August 25, 2008
*1 insurgent, 1 civilian killedGunmen killed a district judge in Mogadishu, one of the attackers was also killed. [http://www.mareeg.com/fidsan.php?sid=7519&tirsan=3&PHPSESSID=466d6a27ea4608608b32868cb3d8f996]
August 27, 2008
*3 civilians killedSomali soldiers killed a young shoes cleaner boy in Mogadishu during search operations. [http://www.mareeg.com/fidsan.php?sid=7556&tirsan=3&PHPSESSID=466d6a27ea4608608b32868cb3d8f996] In Baidoa a bomb attack left the son of a Somali MP and his bodyguard dead. [http://www.mareeg.com/fidsan.php?sid=7549&tirsan=3&PHPSESSID=466d6a27ea4608608b32868cb3d8f996]
September
eptember 1, 2008
Garowe Online, an online-news agency focusing primarily on Somalia, reports that the Islamist-resistance group
al-Shabaab have taken control of the town of Dhoble, near the border with Kenya. [http://www.garoweonline.com/artman2/publish/Somalia_27/Somalia_fighters_making_comeback.shtml]eptember 5, 2008
*2 Ethiopian soldiers, 3 insurgents killed [http://www.garoweonline.com/artman2/publish/Somalia_27/Insurgents_target_Ethiopia_army_convoy_in_Somalia_countryside_5_killed.shtml]
eptember 9, 2008
*2 Somali soldiers, 2 civilians killed [http://www.garoweonline.com/artman2/publish/Somalia_27/Violence_as_Somalia_s_president_replaces_Mogadishu_mayor.shtml]
eptember 10, 2008
*2 Somali soldier, 3 insurgents, 4 civilians killedResidents said nearly 100 heavily armed insurgents launched an attack on a base for Ethiopian and Somali government troops in the northeastern Mogadishu neighborhood of Huriwaa, prompting fierce gun battles and an exchange of mortar rounds. A resident said he saw four civilians killed in the crossfire during the two-hour battle, which began shortly after midday. Another resident said he saw two government soldiers and three insurgents lying dead in the middle of the road. [http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/africa/09/10/somalia.fighting.ap/index.html]
eptember 11, 2008
*2 Ethiopian soldiers killed, 3 civilians killedOne soldier was killed in Mogadishu. [http://www.shabelle.net/News/ViewNews.asp?NewsID=1065] In another incident, Ethiopian troops in Beledweyne shot dead three civilians after one of their soldiers was killed in an ambush attack in the town according to eyewitnesses. [http://www.shabelle.net/News/ViewNews.asp?NewsID=1083]
eptember 14, 2008
*1 Ugandan soldier killedIn an attack, suspected Islamists laid a roadside bomb and fired on a peacekeepers' convoy inspecting for mines in Mogadishu on Sunday, AU staff said. One Ugandan soldier died and two others were wounded in the melee. [http://www.iht.com/articles/reuters/2008/09/14/africa/OUKWD-UK-SOMALIA-CONFLICT.php]
eptember 15, 2008
*1 Ugandan soldier killedAn African Union Ugandan peacekeeper was killed in a roadside bomb explosion in Mogadishu, the second member of the contingent to be killed in the Somali capital in as many days, an AU official told AFP. [http://www.voanews.com/english/2008-09-15-voa51.cfm] [http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/LF025558.htm]
eptember 20, 2008
*2 Somali soldiers, 3 insurgents, 1 civilians killedHeavy fighting between Somali troops and Islamist-led insurgents killed at least two Somali soldiers, three insurgents and one civilian in Baidoa. [http://www.shabelle.net/News/ViewNews.asp?NewsID=1285] [http://www.garoweonline.com/artman2/publish/Somalia_27/Somalia_al_Shabaab_attack_Baidoa_police_checkpoint_6_killed.shtml]
eptember 22-29, 2008
*100 civilians killedHeavy fighting in Mogadishu killed at least 100 civilians as insurgents hit the capital's main airport, the presidential palace and the African Union peacekeepers' base with mortars, rockets and machine-gun fire. African Union forces were condemned for using artillery on population areas. [http://www.garoweonline.com/artman2/publish/Somalia_27/SOMALIA_Fighting_forces_18_500_to_flee_Mogadishu.shtml] [http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080922/ap_on_re_af/af_somalia] [http://www.garoweonline.com/artman2/publish/Somalia_27/Somalia_15_killed_30_wounded_as_Mogadishu_violence_intensifies.shtml] [http://www.garoweonline.com/artman2/publish/Somalia_27/Somalia_15_killed_30_wounded_as_Mogadishu_violence_intensifies.shtml]
eptember 24, 2008
*3 civilians killedA roadside bomb in Baidoa killed three civilians. [http://www.garoweonline.com/artman2/publish/Somalia_27/Somalia_3_killed_in_Baidoa_blast.shtml]
eptember 29, 2008
*1 Ethiopian soldier, 2 civilians killedOne Ethiopian soldier was killed by a roadside bomb in Mogadishu. The mayor of the town of Afgoye was killed along with his bodyguard by insurgents. [http://www.garoweonline.com/artman2/publish/Somalia_27/Somalia_7_killed_in_Mogadishu_battles_Afgoye_mayor_assassinated.shtml]
October
October 2, 2008
*1 Somali soldier, 10 civilians killedEight civilians were killed during a mortar barage in Mogadishu. [http://www.mareeg.com/fidsan.php?sid=8094&tirsan=3&PHPSESSID=466d6a27ea4608608b32868cb3d8f996] One soldier and two civilians were killed in separate insurgent attacks in Baidoa. [http://www.shabelle.net/News/ViewNews.asp?NewsID=1494] [http://www.garoweonline.com/artman2/publish/Somalia_27/Somalia_15_police_officers_jailed_in_Mogadishu.shtml]
October 6, 2008
*18 civilians killed17 civilians were killed during mortar fire in Mogadishu. One aid worker was killed when his car hit a land mine southwest of Mogadishu. [http://wiredispatch.com/news/?id=410357]
October 7, 2008
*1 civilian killedDa’ar Hersi Hoshow, the chairman of Hiran region elders, was shot and killed by unknown gunmen in Beledweyne. [http://www.mareeg.com/fidsan.php?sid=8188&tirsan=3&PHPSESSID=466d6a27ea4608608b32868cb3d8f996]
October 8, 2008
*1 civilian killed, 3 Somali soldiers killedA civilian was killed by government soldiers at a checkpoint near Mogadishu. [http://www.mareeg.com/fidsan.php?sid=8208&tirsan=3&PHPSESSID=466d6a27ea4608608b32868cb3d8f996] 3 Somali soldiers were also killed. [http://www.shabelle.net/News/ViewNews.asp?NewsID=1662]
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