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Somalia
Iran has supplied the Islamic Courts with weapons and training, while ICU fighters fought with Hezbollah. Kenya has halted all flights to Somalia. More fighting is reported between the ICU and Puntland.
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Puntland, Somalia Clash south of Galkayo; Iran’s Hand
Fighting breaks out in Puntland; Iran supplies weapons and other support to the Islamic Courts Islamic Court Militia cheers during the handing over of weapons by the rivall militia in Mogadishu, Thursday, July 13, 2006. (AP Photo / Mohamed Sheikh Nor.) Click image to view. The Islamic Courts Union and forces from the semi autonomous Somali state of Puntland have battled yet again just south of the city Galkayo. The Puntland government claims to have beaten back the ICU, which initiated the fight. “Our forces drove Islamic militants back to their barracks and retook positions,” said Abdirahman Bangax, Puntland’s Minister…
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Somalia
US Official Offers a Bleak Assessment of Somalia
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Somalia
Somalia peace deal refused by the Transitional Government and labeled ‘irrelevant’
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Somalia
Somalia’s Islamic Movement Signs Accord
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Somalia
Puntland arrested 12 supporters of the Islamic Courts in Galkayo, a city just north of recent fighting between the ICU and Puntland forces. An ICU spokesman for central Somalia claims they will take Galkayo and regions north by force. Aways, Indhoaade and Sharif tout the capture of a pirated ship. The ICU has banned all tobacco products, and burned them in the streets.
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Somalia
Somali Islamists free pirate ship
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Islamic Courts, Puntland forces Battle in Central Somalia
Puntland takes a preemptive shot at the Islamic Courts units moving northward Map of Somalia. Islamic Courts advances in Red, recent clash in yellow. Click map to view. As the long awaited showdown in Baidoa between the Transitional Federal Government of Somalia and the Islamic Courts drags on, the Islamic Courts have advanced northward towards Puntland, a semi-autonomous region of the country. Late last week, Garowe Online reported “30 battlewagons” or technicals – pickup trucks with heavy weapons mounted in the bed – were moving towards the outskirts of Galkaayo. Abdi Qeybdid, a militia leader in the failed Alliance for…
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Somalia
Somalia: BBC radio banned in Puntland
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Somalia
Kenya: Somali Islamists briefly detained after US warning
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Somalia
Egypt and Ethiopia to tackle Somalia™s problems
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Somalia
Islamists claim fighting in northern Somalia
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Somalia
Somali Parliament Leader Meets With Islamist Leaders
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Somalia
Somali pirates demand ransom for ship
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Somalia
The Islamic Courts are reported to be advancing north towards the southern part of Galkayo in Puntland. Fighting broke out in the southern town of Bardhere as the ICU attempted to establish control. The TFG claims to have evidence ‘foreign fighters’ are in Somalia, including Americans, Pakistanis, Afghanis and Indonesians. Kenyan Muslims “strongly condemn … the US … [for] putting Somalia and the Union of Islamic courts as another in its axis of evil.”
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Somalia
Terrorists look to Somalia as an emerging safe haven
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Somalia
Somali Islamists deny suicide attack order
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The Somalia Showdown
All out war between the Islamic Courts and the Somali government is expected shortly; The ICU is also planning international terrorist attacks against the government’s foreign assets Islamic Courts controlled cities and towns marked in red. Click map to view. The ‘negotiations’ between the Transitional Federal Government (TFG) of Somalia and the Islamic Courts Union (ICU) have broken down, and the final battle is expected shortly. An American intelligence source informs us the battle could begin as early as today. As we noted on October 24th, thousands of ICU, Eritrean and al Qaeda forces are squaring off against thousands of…
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Somalia
US warns of Africa terror attacks from Somali ICU
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Somalia
Somalia: UNDP Security Head in Puntland Expelled
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Somalia
Islamists claim 12 000 Ethiopian troops in Somalia
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Somalia
The Somalia government has refused to set a date to resume peace negotiations. Meanwhile, Islamic news agencies are lauding business opportunities in ICU-controlled Somalia. The ICU has now banned marriages performed without parental consent. The conflict threatens to grow into regional warfare.
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Somalia
War fears as Somali talks falter
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Somalia
The Islamic Courts are establishing a chapter in Puntland. The president of semi autonomous Puntland is rushing to the region to prevent the establishment of the courts. Anti-ICU protests broke out in central Somalia after the ICU executed six of Col Hirale’s captured militiamen.
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Somalia
Hopes high for Somali peace talks
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Somalia
U.N. Study: Foreign Troops In Somalia Raise War Risk
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Somalia
Strategic Steps For War in Somalia
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Somalia
The Islamic Courts Union denied kidnapping members of the parliament transiting to Baidoa. Over 3,000 fighters have been enlisted by the ICU. Another town, Sakow in Middle Juba, has fallen to the ICU. Large ‘jihad’ demonstrations will be held across ICU held territory.
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Somalia
Somalia: ICU doesn’t recognize the UN
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Somalia
Aweys said the ICU is not about to attack Baidoa unless attacked first as the ICU cuts fuel supplies to the town. The Somaliland autonomous region is building up its military as talks ensue with the Ethiopians. Ethiopia warns the ICU that war is near.
