Somali insurgents attack government base.

July 10, 2008

80% of ammunition on sale is from Ethiopian and Somali troops

Somalia's transitional government and its Ethiopian military allies have faced an Islamist-led insurgency since December 2006, when Ethiopian troops routed an Islamist regime that had ruled the capital of Mogadishu and much of the south for six months. In recent months, Islamist fighters have carried out a series of attacks on over a dozen towns, briefly capturing them, freeing prisoners and seizing weapons before withdrawing. . . . more

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