Anti-Ethiopian protests rock Somali capital ..By Sahal Abdulle and Guled Mohamed

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Anti-Ethiopian protests rock Somali capital
06 Jan 2007 20:27:28 GMT
Source: Reuters


By Sahal Abdulle and Guled Mohamed

MOGADISHU, Jan 6 (Reuters) - Ethiopian troops and Somali protesters exchanged fire in Mogadishu on Saturday killing three people, witnesses said, as hundreds of Somalis demonstrated against the foreign forces and a government disarmament drive.

And in a move likely to anger many Somalis, President Abdullahi Yusuf asked Ethiopia to train Somali armed forces, Ethiopian state television said.

Yemen's foreign minister was quoted as saying some Somali Islamist leaders, ousted by Ethiopian-backed government forces in a two-week war, were now in Yemen.

In Mogadishu, protesters hurled stones and burnt tyres, wreathing streets in smoke and reviving memories of the chaos that had largely stopped during six months of strict Islamist rule by the Somalia Islamic Courts Council.

"The Ethiopians opened fire and shot dead a young boy and a lady, they also killed another person," a witness said. Other witnesses agreed.

"The (government) and Ethiopian troops invaded our country and they have shot my son for no good reason," said Omar Halane, the boy's father.

A Somali government source said only one person had died and gave a different version of events. He said police had opened fire in Tarbuunka square, where the Islamists held anti-Ethiopian demonstrations when they controlled the capital.

more at:
http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/L06728849.htm

[mom person]

Anti-Ethiopian protests rock Somali capital
06 Jan 2007 20:27:28 GMT
Source: Reuters


By Sahal Abdulle and Guled Mohamed

MOGADISHU, Jan 6 (Reuters) - Ethiopian troops and Somali protesters exchanged fire in Mogadishu on Saturday killing three people, witnesses said, as hundreds of Somalis demonstrated against the foreign forces and a government disarmament drive.

And in a move likely to anger many Somalis, President Abdullahi Yusuf asked Ethiopia to train Somali armed forces, Ethiopian state television said.

Yemen's foreign minister was quoted as saying some Somali Islamist leaders, ousted by Ethiopian-backed government forces in a two-week war, were now in Yemen.

In Mogadishu, protesters hurled stones and burnt tyres, wreathing streets in smoke and reviving memories of the chaos that had largely stopped during six months of strict Islamist rule by the Somalia Islamic Courts Council.

"The Ethiopians opened fire and shot dead a young boy and a lady, they also killed another person," a witness said. Other witnesses agreed.

"The (government) and Ethiopian troops invaded our country and they have shot my son for no good reason," said Omar Halane, the boy's father.

A Somali government source said only one person had died and gave a different version of events. He said police had opened fire in Tarbuunka square, where the Islamists held anti-Ethiopian demonstrations when they controlled the capital.

more at:
http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/L06728849.htm

[mom person]

Anti-Ethiopian protests rock Somali capital
06 Jan 2007 20:27:28 GMT
Source: Reuters


By Sahal Abdulle and Guled Mohamed

MOGADISHU, Jan 6 (Reuters) - Ethiopian troops and Somali protesters exchanged fire in Mogadishu on Saturday killing three people, witnesses said, as hundreds of Somalis demonstrated against the foreign forces and a government disarmament drive.

And in a move likely to anger many Somalis, President Abdullahi Yusuf asked Ethiopia to train Somali armed forces, Ethiopian state television said.

Yemen's foreign minister was quoted as saying some Somali Islamist leaders, ousted by Ethiopian-backed government forces in a two-week war, were now in Yemen.

In Mogadishu, protesters hurled stones and burnt tyres, wreathing streets in smoke and reviving memories of the chaos that had largely stopped during six months of strict Islamist rule by the Somalia Islamic Courts Council.

"The Ethiopians opened fire and shot dead a young boy and a lady, they also killed another person," a witness said. Other witnesses agreed.

"The (government) and Ethiopian troops invaded our country and they have shot my son for no good reason," said Omar Halane, the boy's father.

A Somali government source said only one person had died and gave a different version of events. He said police had opened fire in Tarbuunka square, where the Islamists held anti-Ethiopian demonstrations when they controlled the capital.

more at:
http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/L06728849.htm

[mom person]

Anti-Ethiopian protests rock Somali capital
06 Jan 2007 20:27:28 GMT
Source: Reuters


By Sahal Abdulle and Guled Mohamed

MOGADISHU, Jan 6 (Reuters) - Ethiopian troops and Somali protesters exchanged fire in Mogadishu on Saturday killing three people, witnesses said, as hundreds of Somalis demonstrated against the foreign forces and a government disarmament drive.

And in a move likely to anger many Somalis, President Abdullahi Yusuf asked Ethiopia to train Somali armed forces, Ethiopian state television said.

Yemen's foreign minister was quoted as saying some Somali Islamist leaders, ousted by Ethiopian-backed government forces in a two-week war, were now in Yemen.

In Mogadishu, protesters hurled stones and burnt tyres, wreathing streets in smoke and reviving memories of the chaos that had largely stopped during six months of strict Islamist rule by the Somalia Islamic Courts Council.

"The Ethiopians opened fire and shot dead a young boy and a lady, they also killed another person," a witness said. Other witnesses agreed.

"The (government) and Ethiopian troops invaded our country and they have shot my son for no good reason," said Omar Halane, the boy's father.

A Somali government source said only one person had died and gave a different version of events. He said police had opened fire in Tarbuunka square, where the Islamists held anti-Ethiopian demonstrations when they controlled the capital.

more at:
http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/L06728849.htm

[mom person]

Anti-Ethiopian protests rock Somali capital
06 Jan 2007 20:27:28 GMT
Source: Reuters


By Sahal Abdulle and Guled Mohamed

MOGADISHU, Jan 6 (Reuters) - Ethiopian troops and Somali protesters exchanged fire in Mogadishu on Saturday killing three people, witnesses said, as hundreds of Somalis demonstrated against the foreign forces and a government disarmament drive.

And in a move likely to anger many Somalis, President Abdullahi Yusuf asked Ethiopia to train Somali armed forces, Ethiopian state television said.

Yemen's foreign minister was quoted as saying some Somali Islamist leaders, ousted by Ethiopian-backed government forces in a two-week war, were now in Yemen.

In Mogadishu, protesters hurled stones and burnt tyres, wreathing streets in smoke and reviving memories of the chaos that had largely stopped during six months of strict Islamist rule by the Somalia Islamic Courts Council.

"The Ethiopians opened fire and shot dead a young boy and a lady, they also killed another person," a witness said. Other witnesses agreed.

"The (government) and Ethiopian troops invaded our country and they have shot my son for no good reason," said Omar Halane, the boy's father.

A Somali government source said only one person had died and gave a different version of events. He said police had opened fire in Tarbuunka square, where the Islamists held anti-Ethiopian demonstrations when they controlled the capital.

more at:
http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/L06728849.htm

[mom person]

Anti-Ethiopian protests rock Somali capital
06 Jan 2007 20:27:28 GMT
Source: Reuters


By Sahal Abdulle and Guled Mohamed

MOGADISHU, Jan 6 (Reuters) - Ethiopian troops and Somali protesters exchanged fire in Mogadishu on Saturday killing three people, witnesses said, as hundreds of Somalis demonstrated against the foreign forces and a government disarmament drive.

And in a move likely to anger many Somalis, President Abdullahi Yusuf asked Ethiopia to train Somali armed forces, Ethiopian state television said.

Yemen's foreign minister was quoted as saying some Somali Islamist leaders, ousted by Ethiopian-backed government forces in a two-week war, were now in Yemen.

In Mogadishu, protesters hurled stones and burnt tyres, wreathing streets in smoke and reviving memories of the chaos that had largely stopped during six months of strict Islamist rule by the Somalia Islamic Courts Council.

"The Ethiopians opened fire and shot dead a young boy and a lady, they also killed another person," a witness said. Other witnesses agreed.

"The (government) and Ethiopian troops invaded our country and they have shot my son for no good reason," said Omar Halane, the boy's father.

A Somali government source said only one person had died and gave a different version of events. He said police had opened fire in Tarbuunka square, where the Islamists held anti-Ethiopian demonstrations when they controlled the capital.

more at:
http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/L06728849.htm

[mom person]

Anti-Ethiopian protests rock Somali capital
06 Jan 2007 20:27:28 GMT
Source: Reuters


By Sahal Abdulle and Guled Mohamed

MOGADISHU, Jan 6 (Reuters) - Ethiopian troops and Somali protesters exchanged fire in Mogadishu on Saturday killing three people, witnesses said, as hundreds of Somalis demonstrated against the foreign forces and a government disarmament drive.

And in a move likely to anger many Somalis, President Abdullahi Yusuf asked Ethiopia to train Somali armed forces, Ethiopian state television said.

Yemen's foreign minister was quoted as saying some Somali Islamist leaders, ousted by Ethiopian-backed government forces in a two-week war, were now in Yemen.

In Mogadishu, protesters hurled stones and burnt tyres, wreathing streets in smoke and reviving memories of the chaos that had largely stopped during six months of strict Islamist rule by the Somalia Islamic Courts Council.

"The Ethiopians opened fire and shot dead a young boy and a lady, they also killed another person," a witness said. Other witnesses agreed.

"The (government) and Ethiopian troops invaded our country and they have shot my son for no good reason," said Omar Halane, the boy's father.

A Somali government source said only one person had died and gave a different version of events. He said police had opened fire in Tarbuunka square, where the Islamists held anti-Ethiopian demonstrations when they controlled the capital.

more at:
http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/L06728849.htm

[mom person]

Anti-Ethiopian protests rock Somali capital
06 Jan 2007 20:27:28 GMT
Source: Reuters


By Sahal Abdulle and Guled Mohamed

MOGADISHU, Jan 6 (Reuters) - Ethiopian troops and Somali protesters exchanged fire in Mogadishu on Saturday killing three people, witnesses said, as hundreds of Somalis demonstrated against the foreign forces and a government disarmament drive.

And in a move likely to anger many Somalis, President Abdullahi Yusuf asked Ethiopia to train Somali armed forces, Ethiopian state television said.

Yemen's foreign minister was quoted as saying some Somali Islamist leaders, ousted by Ethiopian-backed government forces in a two-week war, were now in Yemen.

In Mogadishu, protesters hurled stones and burnt tyres, wreathing streets in smoke and reviving memories of the chaos that had largely stopped during six months of strict Islamist rule by the Somalia Islamic Courts Council.

"The Ethiopians opened fire and shot dead a young boy and a lady, they also killed another person," a witness said. Other witnesses agreed.

"The (government) and Ethiopian troops invaded our country and they have shot my son for no good reason," said Omar Halane, the boy's father.

A Somali government source said only one person had died and gave a different version of events. He said police had opened fire in Tarbuunka square, where the Islamists held anti-Ethiopian demonstrations when they controlled the capital.

more at:
http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/L06728849.htm

[mom person]

Anti-Ethiopian protests rock Somali capital
06 Jan 2007 20:27:28 GMT
Source: Reuters


By Sahal Abdulle and Guled Mohamed

MOGADISHU, Jan 6 (Reuters) - Ethiopian troops and Somali protesters exchanged fire in Mogadishu on Saturday killing three people, witnesses said, as hundreds of Somalis demonstrated against the foreign forces and a government disarmament drive.

And in a move likely to anger many Somalis, President Abdullahi Yusuf asked Ethiopia to train Somali armed forces, Ethiopian state television said.

Yemen's foreign minister was quoted as saying some Somali Islamist leaders, ousted by Ethiopian-backed government forces in a two-week war, were now in Yemen.

In Mogadishu, protesters hurled stones and burnt tyres, wreathing streets in smoke and reviving memories of the chaos that had largely stopped during six months of strict Islamist rule by the Somalia Islamic Courts Council.

"The Ethiopians opened fire and shot dead a young boy and a lady, they also killed another person," a witness said. Other witnesses agreed.

"The (government) and Ethiopian troops invaded our country and they have shot my son for no good reason," said Omar Halane, the boy's father.

A Somali government source said only one person had died and gave a different version of events. He said police had opened fire in Tarbuunka square, where the Islamists held anti-Ethiopian demonstrations when they controlled the capital.

more at:
http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/L06728849.htm

[mom person]

Anti-Ethiopian protests rock Somali capital
06 Jan 2007 20:27:28 GMT
Source: Reuters


By Sahal Abdulle and Guled Mohamed

MOGADISHU, Jan 6 (Reuters) - Ethiopian troops and Somali protesters exchanged fire in Mogadishu on Saturday killing three people, witnesses said, as hundreds of Somalis demonstrated against the foreign forces and a government disarmament drive.

And in a move likely to anger many Somalis, President Abdullahi Yusuf asked Ethiopia to train Somali armed forces, Ethiopian state television said.

Yemen's foreign minister was quoted as saying some Somali Islamist leaders, ousted by Ethiopian-backed government forces in a two-week war, were now in Yemen.

In Mogadishu, protesters hurled stones and burnt tyres, wreathing streets in smoke and reviving memories of the chaos that had largely stopped during six months of strict Islamist rule by the Somalia Islamic Courts Council.

"The Ethiopians opened fire and shot dead a young boy and a lady, they also killed another person," a witness said. Other witnesses agreed.

"The (government) and Ethiopian troops invaded our country and they have shot my son for no good reason," said Omar Halane, the boy's father.

A Somali government source said only one person had died and gave a different version of events. He said police had opened fire in Tarbuunka square, where the Islamists held anti-Ethiopian demonstrations when they controlled the capital.

more at:
http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/L06728849.htm

[mom person]

Anti-Ethiopian protests rock Somali capital
06 Jan 2007 20:27:28 GMT
Source: Reuters


By Sahal Abdulle and Guled Mohamed

MOGADISHU, Jan 6 (Reuters) - Ethiopian troops and Somali protesters exchanged fire in Mogadishu on Saturday killing three people, witnesses said, as hundreds of Somalis demonstrated against the foreign forces and a government disarmament drive.

And in a move likely to anger many Somalis, President Abdullahi Yusuf asked Ethiopia to train Somali armed forces, Ethiopian state television said.

Yemen's foreign minister was quoted as saying some Somali Islamist leaders, ousted by Ethiopian-backed government forces in a two-week war, were now in Yemen.

In Mogadishu, protesters hurled stones and burnt tyres, wreathing streets in smoke and reviving memories of the chaos that had largely stopped during six months of strict Islamist rule by the Somalia Islamic Courts Council.

"The Ethiopians opened fire and shot dead a young boy and a lady, they also killed another person," a witness said. Other witnesses agreed.

"The (government) and Ethiopian troops invaded our country and they have shot my son for no good reason," said Omar Halane, the boy's father.

A Somali government source said only one person had died and gave a different version of events. He said police had opened fire in Tarbuunka square, where the Islamists held anti-Ethiopian demonstrations when they controlled the capital.

more at:
http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/L06728849.htm

[mom person]

Anti-Ethiopian protests rock Somali capital
06 Jan 2007 20:27:28 GMT
Source: Reuters


By Sahal Abdulle and Guled Mohamed

MOGADISHU, Jan 6 (Reuters) - Ethiopian troops and Somali protesters exchanged fire in Mogadishu on Saturday killing three people, witnesses said, as hundreds of Somalis demonstrated against the foreign forces and a government disarmament drive.

And in a move likely to anger many Somalis, President Abdullahi Yusuf asked Ethiopia to train Somali armed forces, Ethiopian state television said.

Yemen's foreign minister was quoted as saying some Somali Islamist leaders, ousted by Ethiopian-backed government forces in a two-week war, were now in Yemen.

In Mogadishu, protesters hurled stones and burnt tyres, wreathing streets in smoke and reviving memories of the chaos that had largely stopped during six months of strict Islamist rule by the Somalia Islamic Courts Council.

"The Ethiopians opened fire and shot dead a young boy and a lady, they also killed another person," a witness said. Other witnesses agreed.

"The (government) and Ethiopian troops invaded our country and they have shot my son for no good reason," said Omar Halane, the boy's father.

A Somali government source said only one person had died and gave a different version of events. He said police had opened fire in Tarbuunka square, where the Islamists held anti-Ethiopian demonstrations when they controlled the capital.

more at:
http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/L06728849.htm

[mom person]

Anti-Ethiopian protests rock Somali capital
06 Jan 2007 20:27:28 GMT
Source: Reuters


By Sahal Abdulle and Guled Mohamed

MOGADISHU, Jan 6 (Reuters) - Ethiopian troops and Somali protesters exchanged fire in Mogadishu on Saturday killing three people, witnesses said, as hundreds of Somalis demonstrated against the foreign forces and a government disarmament drive.

And in a move likely to anger many Somalis, President Abdullahi Yusuf asked Ethiopia to train Somali armed forces, Ethiopian state television said.

Yemen's foreign minister was quoted as saying some Somali Islamist leaders, ousted by Ethiopian-backed government forces in a two-week war, were now in Yemen.

In Mogadishu, protesters hurled stones and burnt tyres, wreathing streets in smoke and reviving memories of the chaos that had largely stopped during six months of strict Islamist rule by the Somalia Islamic Courts Council.

"The Ethiopians opened fire and shot dead a young boy and a lady, they also killed another person," a witness said. Other witnesses agreed.

"The (government) and Ethiopian troops invaded our country and they have shot my son for no good reason," said Omar Halane, the boy's father.

A Somali government source said only one person had died and gave a different version of events. He said police had opened fire in Tarbuunka square, where the Islamists held anti-Ethiopian demonstrations when they controlled the capital.

more at:
http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/L06728849.htm

[mom person]

Anti-Ethiopian protests rock Somali capital
06 Jan 2007 20:27:28 GMT
Source: Reuters


By Sahal Abdulle and Guled Mohamed

MOGADISHU, Jan 6 (Reuters) - Ethiopian troops and Somali protesters exchanged fire in Mogadishu on Saturday killing three people, witnesses said, as hundreds of Somalis demonstrated against the foreign forces and a government disarmament drive.

And in a move likely to anger many Somalis, President Abdullahi Yusuf asked Ethiopia to train Somali armed forces, Ethiopian state television said.

Yemen's foreign minister was quoted as saying some Somali Islamist leaders, ousted by Ethiopian-backed government forces in a two-week war, were now in Yemen.

In Mogadishu, protesters hurled stones and burnt tyres, wreathing streets in smoke and reviving memories of the chaos that had largely stopped during six months of strict Islamist rule by the Somalia Islamic Courts Council.

"The Ethiopians opened fire and shot dead a young boy and a lady, they also killed another person," a witness said. Other witnesses agreed.

"The (government) and Ethiopian troops invaded our country and they have shot my son for no good reason," said Omar Halane, the boy's father.

A Somali government source said only one person had died and gave a different version of events. He said police had opened fire in Tarbuunka square, where the Islamists held anti-Ethiopian demonstrations when they controlled the capital.

more at:
http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/L06728849.htm