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Somalia: Mortars Fired On Ethiopian Troop's Base Overnight
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Shabelle Media Network (Mogadishu)
14 February 2008
Posted to the web 14 February 2008
Armed groups have fired mortars several missiles into the Ethiopian troop's army base in Maslah area on the outskirt of Suqa-holaha district in the capital on Thursday night residents said.
After artillery shelling on the Ethiopian troops base by the insurgents they have fired back several mortars into the areas they suspected were fired from the mortars aligned with them.
Some of mortars were hit in Suqa-holaha district but its unidentified the casualties of those mortar firings.
The residents close to the attacked areas have expressed further concern on the nighttime shelling since they don't know where run away.
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Civilians have borne the brunt of almost daily fighting in Mogadishu between Ethiopia-backed government forces and the remnants of an Islamist militia that briefly controlled large parts of the country at the end of 2006.
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