July 17, 2008
Fierce fighting in Somali capital
C, 17 July 2008–Insurgents and Ethiopia-backed Somali government troops have exchanged heavy artillery fire in Mogadishu. Both sides claimed to have won the battle, fought with mortars and rocket-propelled grenades, inflicting high casualties on the other.
Witnesses in the capital say at least four civilians were killed when a mortar hit their house. Years of conflict and drought have left more than half of Somalia’s population needing food aid.
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