Somali forces, Ethiopian tanks pursue Islamists
From Reuters at Yahoo.
Ethiopian tanks rumbled south from Mogadishu to attack Somali Islamists on Saturday after their hardline clerical leader reportedly exhorted his fighters to make a final stand in the port city of Kismayu.
Ethiopian fighter jets were seen over Kismayu and nearby Jilib town on Friday and Saturday.
"We are heading to Jilib in a convoy of 15 Ethiopian tanks," Ahmednur Yasin told Reuters by telephone. "There are more forces heading to Buale and I am sure the fighting will start soon.“
A Somali government soldier said the Islamists had laced the highway from Mogadishu with mines as they pulled back.
For a day by day presentation of the war, click here.
Ethiopian tanks rumbled south from Mogadishu to attack Somali Islamists on Saturday after their hardline clerical leader reportedly exhorted his fighters to make a final stand in the port city of Kismayu.
Ethiopian fighter jets were seen over Kismayu and nearby Jilib town on Friday and Saturday.
"We are heading to Jilib in a convoy of 15 Ethiopian tanks," Ahmednur Yasin told Reuters by telephone. "There are more forces heading to Buale and I am sure the fighting will start soon.“
A Somali government soldier said the Islamists had laced the highway from Mogadishu with mines as they pulled back.
For a day by day presentation of the war, click here.
posted by Lieutenant Colonel Caveman at Saturday, December 30, 2006
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