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Somali insurgents attack Woyanne forces in Mogadishu

August 5th, 2007 |

By Mohamed Abdi Farah

(SomaliNet) – Local Islamic militants have launched ambush rocket attack on the Ethiopian [Woyanne] forces stationing in the former pasta factory in north of the capital Mogadishu late on Sunday, residents said.

The attack began 6:40 pm local time after the maqrib prayer and ended around 7:20pm as a group of armed militants fired rocket propelled grenades at the Woyanne base.

No casualty was reported from the latest night time attack. Both sides exchanged heavy weaponry as the sound of explosions could be heard around the surrounding villages.

Residents told Somalinet that masked men carried out the attack and the Woyannes responded with heavy artillery weapons.

The insurgents continue carrying out night time hit and run attacks on the positions of the government and its allied Woyanne forces.

The latest attack came as the government troops backed by the Woyanne forces today searched houses and business places in southern parts of the capital arresting dozens of people and confiscating weapons.

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