Somalia – Somali forces ‘kill al-Qaeda man’ (BBC News)
Somali forces ‘kill al-Qaeda man’ (BBC News)
Somali officials say their soldiers have killed a “senior Jordanian al-Qaeda fighter” who also belonged to the al-Shabab group.
Block Red Sea: Al-Qaeda (Straits Times)
DUBAI – THE Yemen-based wing of Al-Qaeda, in a recording posted on the Internet on Monday, called on Somali insurgents to help gain control over a narrow strait at the mouth of the Red Sea to block US shipments to Israel. The wing’s deputy leader, Saeed al-Shehri, urged Somalia’s al Shabaab Islamist insurgents to help return the Bab al Mandab strait, which separates Yemen from the Horn of Africa …
Somali rebels warn government against offensive (AFP via Yahoo! News)
Hardline Islamist rebels on Tuesday warned Somalia’s transitional government against a planned offensive, saying it faced defeat.
Report: Top al-Qaeda man killed in Somalia (EARTHtimes.org)
Nairobi/Mogadishu – A Somali minister on Tuesday claimed that government forces had killed a senior al-Qaeda fighter who was also a member of Somali insurgent group al-Shabaab. State-run Radio Mogadishu earlier reported that Amar Ibrahim, a Jordanian…
Mogadishu preparing for battle (MalaysiaNews.net)
There have been more terror attacks linked to rebel and government forces in Mogadishu, Somalia.
New Somalia government offensive against Al Shabab (The Christian Science Monitor)
The weak, transitional Somalia government may finally bring President Sheikh Sharif Ahmed some badly needed legitimacy if newly trained forces can push back the militant Islamist group, Al Shabab.
SOMALIA: Community leaders pool together to deliver water to IDPs (AlertNet)
Source: IRIN Community leaders in the Somali capital, Mogadishu, are filling the gaps in aid distribution by raising funds to assist thousands displaced by fighting, leaders said.
Senior Al Qaeda man killed in Somalia (MalaysiaNews.net)
Nairobi/Mogadishu, Feb 9 (DPA) A Somali minister Tuesday said government forces had killed a senior Al Qaeda fighter who was also a member of Somali insurgent group al-Shabaab.
New Somalia government offensive against Al Shabab (The Christian Science Monitor via Yahoo! News)
A long-awaited offensive by the weak, transitional Somali government may finally bring President Sheikh Sharif Ahmed some badly needed legitimacy, but it is almost certainly going to increase the hardship of tens of thousands of civilians who are being forced from their homes.
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