Mortars, killings shake Mogadishu (Reuters)

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Mortars, killings shake Mogadishu

By Guled Mohamed

2 hours, 12 minutes ago

MOGADISHU (Reuters) - Mortars hit a Mogadishu residential area and two men were shot
dead overnight in the latest violence in a city the Somali government is struggling to
pacify after the ouster of hardline Islamists.

In neighboring Kenya -- where some defeated Islamist fighters have fled -- five young men
of Somali origin carrying U.S., French, Tunisian and Syrian passports were arrested at the
border, local newspapers reported.

In what looked like a targeted killing in the lawless Somali capital, a man was blindfolded
and shot dead late on Thursday in Mogadishu's Tarbuunka Square, witnesses said.

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Many suspect hardcore remnants of the Somalia Islamic Courts Council (SICC) are behind
such attacks, but there are many enemies of the government including warlord and clan
militias plus criminals.

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Full article: http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070126/wl_nm/somalia_conflict_dc

(BBC News)

Last Updated: Friday, 26 January 2007, 16:01 GMT

Five killed in Mogadishu attacks

Unknown gunmen have killed five people in a series of attacks in the Somali capital,
Mogadishu, witnesses say.

A BBC correspondent saw three bodies with gunshot wounds lying in waste ground and
reliable witnesses have seen two more bodies elsewhere in the city.

Four people were also injured in mortar attacks. Insecurity has increased since the ousting
of Islamists last month.

Meanwhile, South Africa says it does not have the troops to contribute to an African Union
peacekeeping force.

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Full article: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/6301809.stm