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Sheikh Sharif Ahmed, the former leader of the Islamic Courts and current leader of the Alliance for Re-liberation of Somalia, returned to Jowhar after sheltering in Eritrea. Somali troops arrested a cleric in Mogadishu who is accused of being a member of Shabaab. Two Ethiopian soldiers were killed in a gunfight in Mogadishu.
Moderate Islamist returns to Somalia for talks
Islamist leaders are up in arms over a fatwa issued by influential clerics. Somali forces detained a prominent cleric in Mogadishu. Shabaab is funding militias in Kenya. NATO ships are moving to rescue the hijacked Turkish freighter.
US Official: Somalia Homicide Bombings Facilitated by Al Qaeda
Somaliland officials said the suicide bombers that struck on Oct. 29 were from Mogadishu. An Islamic cleric was arrested after the attack. Six Somalis were wounded in an explosion in Baidoa. Pirates hijacked a Turkish freighter.
Five suicide bombers struck four compounds in the northern Somali, killing 28 and wounding scores. Three suicide car bombers struck the presidential palace, the UN Development Program compound, and the Ethiopian Consulate in the city of Hargeisa in Somaliland. Two bombers targeted an intelligence facility in the city of Bosasso in Puntland. Four Ethiopian soldiers were killed in fighting in Mogadishu.
Five suicide bombers strike in northern Somalia
The coordinated attacks hit the presidential palace, a UN compound, and the Ethiopian Consulate in Somaliland, and an intelligence headquarters in Puntland. The attacks were carried out by Shabaab, an al Qaeda-linked terror group.
Shabaab spokesman Muktar Robow said Ethiopia "must admit defeat" and rejected the Djibouti peace agreement. An Ethiopia spokesman said his country would withdraw when the security vacuum is filled. An IED attack killed several soldiers and regional administrators in Merca.
Insurgents reject UN-backed deal for Somalia
Somalia Makes Peace Deal With a Militia
The Somali military claimed to have retaken a series of towns in the Bakool region from Shabaab. An Ethiopian and Somali convoy was ambushed by Shabaab in the Bay region. A Somali female aid worker was murdered in Gurilel.
Kenya Govt dismisses Somali Islamists attack threat
The Islamic courts have taken control of Burdhubo and have declared a curfew in Jowhar. A leader of the Hawiye clan said Shabaab has lifted a ban on humanitarian organizations providing aid. A NATO anti-piracy force is just days from reaching region.
Crew freed from pirate-seized Indian vessel
US Navy: Crew held by Somali pirates healthy
Fighting broke out between Shabaab and the Islamic Courts in the town of Balad; Islamic Courts fighters fled the town after the clash. Four Somalis were killed in the Islamic Courts-controlled town of Abudwaq. A United Nation employee was killed in Hudur; he is the second UN employee killed since Oct. 18.
Somali Pirates Release Thai Ship After Receiving Ransom
Twenty Ethiopian soldiers, 10 Somali troops, and 10 civilians were killed in attacks in Baidoa. Fourteen people were killed in heavy fighting in Mogadishu. The chief of Somali forces ordered his troops to stop responding to mortar attacks with artillery. The UN announced the third round of talks between the government and insurgent groups.
Royal Navy will tackle pirate scourge
Al Qaeda possibly behind piracy in Gulf of Aden: official says
