www.garoweonline.com/artman2/publish/Somalia_27/Official_Missile_aimed_at_FBI_target_in_Somalia.shtml It is unclear whether these casualties are targets or civilians. Villagers also reported that an aircraft had attacked them but US military officials denied these reports merely stating that an attack had indeed occurred and that they were looking into the results.
March 3, 2008
4 insurgents, 1 Somali soldier killed
Government forces raided the prominent independent radio station Shabelle Radio, whisking away its director and ransacking its equipment.
At least five people were killed in southern Somalia including a district police commander after al-Shabaab guerrillas attacked and captured the Burkahaaba district near Baidoa, seat of Somalia interim parliament. The other 4 killed were militants.
March 5, 2008
5 Somali soldiers killed, 1 civilian killed
Insurgents took control of a government garrison in Sinka-Dher area in Mogadishu. The combating started after the fighters have attacked the TFG troops at the checkpoint spot where a sudden battle started that reasoned the fighters to confiscate that army point. Five soldiers were killed in the fighting. Furthermore some of the injured soldiers were seen lying on the battled location while others fled.
1 civilian died in the fighting, also.
March 6, 2008
1 Somali soldiers, 4 civilians killed
In Baidoa, the insurgents launched a grenade attack, killing a general from the Somali forces and injuring two civilians. And in the southern town of Goobale, insurgents clashed with Ethiopian troops. The BBC's Mohammed Olad Hassan in Mogadishu said four civilians were killed and scores injured.
March 7, 2008
5 Somali soldiers killed
Islamic fighters attacked the town of Beledweyne, killing five government soldiers, according to witnesses.
March 8, 2008
1 civilian killed
Heavy fighting, which lasted 45 minutes between armed fighters and the government police forces, occurred in the Bakara market in the capital-witnesses said. Soldiers killed an armed civilian.
March 10, 2008
1 civilian killed
Sheikh Muhammad Ahmed Kashka, a prominent peace cleric, was shot dead by two gunmen as he was returning home from a mosque in Mogadishu.
March 11, 2008
2 civilians killed
A roadside bomb misses its target and kills a pregnant woman and her child.
March 13, 2008
9 Somali soldiers killed, 2 civilians killed
Al-Shabaab fighters executed by beheading 3 soldiers. It was the first case of beheadings since the government and its Ethiopian military allies ousted the Islamists from power in late 2006. 2 civilians and a policeman were killed in Mogadishu. Armed men dressed in the transitional government force camouflage killed a Quran schoolteacher in Bulo-Hubey village in the capital, witnesses said. In a separate incident, a local musician named was killed while drinking tea at a shop. In west Mogadishu, a government police officer tasked with collecting local taxes was killed by suspected insurgents, who used pistols in the murder before fleeing.
Gunmen killed an additional of four policemen and a security guard in attacks.
March 15, 2008
2 civilians killed
One civilian died in the Bakara market after the government forces based at Howlwadag intersection opened a fire on a street close to the uninhabited Howlwadag intersection.
Elsewhere, a battle erupted near Jowhar town airport. One civilian died.
March 16, 2008
1 civilian killed
Unknown armed men shot dead a man in the main Bakara market.
March 17, 2008
1 Somali soldier killed
The deputy security chief of Afgoi district was shot dead, witnesses said. The deceased officer named Abduqadir Jabril was killed by two men armed with pistols in the vicinity of his home.
March 19, 2008
3 Ethiopian soldiers, 3 insurgents, 2 civilians killed killed
Battles erupted in Somalia's capital between Islamist rebels and Ethiopian troops backing the government a day after the United Nations said it was still too dangerous to send peacekeepers there. Witnesses in northern Mogadishu said three Ethiopian soldiers and three insurgents were killed as both sides traded heavy machine-gun fire, grenades and artillery barrages. In addition, two civilians were killed by stray bullets when the exchange of fire erupted.
March 20, 2008
3 Somali soldiers, 8 civilians killed
Insurgents briefly seized control of two major intersections that lead into Bakara after heavy fighting, witnesses said. Hundreds of civilians poured into the streets after the guerrilla fighters chased away the government soldiers, who reportedly left behind two armored vehicles, according to eyewitnesses. At least 10 people, including several civilians, were killed during the fighting. The bodies of three dead government soldiers remained on the ground.
Also, Ethiopian troops in the capital fatally shot dead a doctor of mothers and children SOS hospital-hospital officials said.
March 24, 2008
3 Somali soldiers, 1 civilian, 1 insurgent killed
Witnesses said insurgents briefly overran a police station after three hours of fighting killed at least five people, just one day after the Somali prime minister began new peace efforts. "I saw the bodies," said Mogadishu resident Nuradin Haji Madar, adding that the victims appeared to have been three officers, one insurgent and a civilian. She said the battle involved rocket-propelled grenades and machine guns.
March 26, 2008
5 Somali soldiers, 2 civilians killed
Five Somali soldiers and two civilians were killed when Islamist fighters raided the town of Jowhar, near Mogadhishu, officials said.
March 28, 2008
3 civilians killed
Ethiopian soldiers killed 3 civilians in Mogadishu.
March 29, 2008
21 civilians killed
21 civilians were killed and 42 injured when Ethiopian troops shelled the Bakara market in Mogadishu. The shelling followed a mortar attack on the presidential palace, where Somali President Abdullahi Yusuf was meeting with Ethiopia's foreign affairs minister, Seyoum Mesfin.
March 30, 2008
9 Ethiopian soldiers killed
A massive explosion has destroyed an Ethiopian military convoy in South Mogadishu, killing at least nine soldiers and wounding many others.
March 31, 2008
Buulo Burte fighting
22 Somali soldiers, 4 civilians killed, 1 insurgent killed
Islamists took control of Buulo Burte town, 206 kilometres (128 mi) north of the capital Mogadishu. Local elders said at least 11 people were killed in the fighting in the town in Somalia's Hiraan region. "There are eight dead bodies lying in the streets now seven of them are Somali soldiers and one is a civilian. Three other civilians were killed outside town," said Ismail Mohamed Nur, an elder.
Residents confirmed that nearly 200 fighters armed with rocket-propelled grenades and machine guns have been in the town for at least four hours. ICU fighters released scores of prisoners from the police station.
Numbers were later revised and the total number of killed soldiers was 22, an 1 insurgent killed.
Mogadishu fighting
1 Somali soldier, 1 insurgent killed
1 soldier and 1 insurgent killed in an insurgent sneak attack.
April
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April 1, 2008
1 Somali soldier, 2 insurgents killed
The home of Somalia's Minister for Internal Affairs, Muse Nur Amin, was attacked by a group of heavily armed insurgents overnight. "Our guards were standing at the front...they exchanged gunfire with the attackers," Minister Amin said, adding that one guard and two attackers were killed during the brief skirmish.
April 3, 2008
17 Somali soldiers, 2 civilians killed
Islamist fighters attacked a military camp near in Addado town, 500 kilometres (310 mi) north of the capital Mogadishu, killing 15 soldiers and wounded 20 others. "The fighting was very heavy, al-Shabaab fighters attacked our military base outside Addado (town) and we lost 15 men and six vehicles," Dahir Shidane, an army commander, told AFP.
Separately, insurgents attacked a Somali governor in southwestern region and killed two policemen and two civilians, witnesses said. The attack occurred in Qasahdere town, 335 kilometres (208 mi) southwest of the capital Mogadishu.
April 5, 2008
3 Somali soldiers, 4 civilians killed
At least seven people including four civilians were killed in Somalia's capital in guerrilla attacks, sources said.
April 7, 2008
5 Somali soldiers, 8 civilians killed
Deadly bomb explosions went off in three cities in Somalia, killing at least 13 people including five members of the government security forces, officials said. The attacks occurred in Baidoa, Beledweyne and Mogadishu.
April 8, 2008
1 AMISOM soldier (Burundi), 1 insurgent killed
A Toyota pickup truck loaded with explosives struck a gated checkpoint where African Union peacekeepers stood guard, killing the suicide bomber and a peacekeeper from Burundi, sources said.
April 9, 2008
5 Ethiopian soldiers killed
An Ethiopian army truck driving through the Somali capital hit a landmine, killing at least five soldiers on board and wounding others, witnesses said.
April 14, 2008
2 British, 2 Kenyan, 4 Somali civilians killed
Somalia's Islamist rebels have seized a provincial capital in central Somalia after the region's governor fled towards the Ethiopian border, sources said. Yusuf Daboged, the governor of Hiran region, fled to the border town of Feer Feer with a few soldiers before the Islamist guerrillas entered Beletwein, the capital of Hiran.
Somali Islamist militants killed two Somalis holding British passports and two Kenyans at a school in the town, local residents said.
In a separate incident in the port city of Merka, around 100 kilometres (62 mi) south of Mogadishu, suspected insurgents killed four civilians when they hurled a grenade on a cinema.
April 16, 2008
1 Somali civilian killed
At least one woman was killed Wednesday in the south-central Somali town of Baidoa after a remotely-detonated bomb went off near an army convoy, witnesses said.
April 17, 2008
3 Ethiopian, 1 Somali soldier, 1 insurgent killed
An insurgent rocket propelled grenade hit a convoy of Ethiopian army trucks transporting water to a military base in north Mogadishu located near the ex-pasta factory. Three Ethiopian soldiers on board one of two water trucks were killed immediately after the truck exploded, according to eyewitness accounts. Ethiopian army reinforcements rushed to the scene from their base at the former pasta factory. A 20-minute skirmish ensued, pitting the Ethiopian troops against suspected insurgents linked to the country Islamist rebels. One of the insurgents was shot and killed by the soldiers, according to a witness. The remaining group of attackers was forced to flee the scene after the Ethiopian soldiers outgunned them.
April 18, 2008
5 Somali soldiers killed
At least one government soldier was killed in southern Somalia as heavily-armed militias stormed a compound where CARE International stored food aid, sources said. The incident happened in the coastal town of dale, in Middle Shabelle region north of the capital Mogadishu.
Another four soldiers died in clashes in Mogadishu.
April 1920, 2008
Main articles: Battle of Mogadishu (2008) and Hidaya Mosque massacre
11 Ethiopian soldiers, 7 Somali soldiers, 10 insurgents, 98 civilians killed
Militants ambushed a group of Ethiopian soldiers, who entered an area of Mogadishu on foot, sparking heavy battles. The intense battle spread out across three districts in the northern quarter of the capital Mogadishu, with Ethiopian troops expanding into insurgent strongholds for the first time in weeks. Abdi Rahim Isa Adow, a spokesman for the Islamic insurgents, confirmed that seven militants had been killed but said that "a large number of Ethiopian soldiers" had also been killed. Among the dead were 98 civilians, five of whom were killed at a tea bar in the northern part of the city by an artillery strike. The casualties "were caused by Ethiopians using heavy artillery and tank shells in residential areas of the war-torn capital. We condemn this latest fighting," said the chairman of Elman Human Rights, Sudan Ali Ahmed. Witness Omar Abdulahi said that among the dead he counted were two old men shot by Ethiopian soldiers inside their homes. Nasteho Moalim said her 7-year-old daughter and three neighbors were killed by tank shells fired by Ethiopian forces that hit their homes.
On April 20, Islamist insurgents ambushed a security vehicle in the capital's Madina neighbourhood, killing two soldiers and a shopowner who was caught in the crossfire.. Later in the day, five Somali soldiers and three insurgents in addition to a number of civilians. Two Ethiopian soldiers were confirmed to be among the dead.
Ethiopian troops reportedly killed 11 civilians at a mosque in Mogadishu.
April 21, 2008
4 Somali soldiers killed
Islamist fighters seized the southern coastal town of Guda, killing four Somali soldiers and wounding at least seven more, locals said.
April 22, 2008
4 Somali soldiers killed, 2 insurgents killed
Government militiamen recaptured the town of Gunda in fighting that killed five one both sides, while insurgents captured Berdale, near Baidoa. The Islamists forced local authorities to disarm, and there were no casualties. In Baidoa masked gunmen shot dead a government intelligence officer.
April 27, 2008
9 Somali soldiers, 2 insurgents, 2 civilians killed
Islamist guerrillas attacked a military post in Mogadishu, witnesses reported. Among the dead were nine government soldiers and two insurgents. A mother and her child were killed when a mortar slammed into their home, according to neighbors.
Local sources said insurgents at first launched mortars on Villa Baidoa, a major Somali army base in Mogadishu. Face-to-face street fighting then followed the mortars, with insurgents and soldiers exchanging gunfire for nearly two hours.
April 28, 2008
4 Ethiopian soldiers killed
A blast in Baidoa killed 4 Ethiopian soldiers.
April 29, 2008
2 Somali soldiers killed
Somali insurgents shot and killed two soldiers in a central section of Mogadishu, witnesses reported.
April 30, 2008
4 Ethiopian soldiers, 1 Somali soldier, 18 civilians killed
Witnesses in Somalia said that an explosion in southwestern Somalia's town of Baidoa killed four Ethiopian troops. Troops shot 18 civilians afterwards.
Militants assassinated the army commander-in-chief of Beledweyne.
May
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May 1, 2008: Dhusamareb airstrike
2 Somali soldiers, 6 insurgents, 5 civilians killed
2 Somali soldiers died in a friendly-fire incident. The Somali Soldier behind the killings was arrested. 6 pro-al Qaeda Somali insurgents were killed in a U.S. air strike, including Aden Hashi Ayro, head of al Qaeda in Somalia.
May 2, 2008
3 Somali soldiers killed
Three Somali government soldiers were killed in an attack south of Mogadishu.
May 4, 2008
3 Ethiopian soldiers killed
Three Ethiopian soldiers were killed in a bomb attack in Mogadishu.
May 5, 2008
7 Somali civilians killed
Witnesses and officials in Somalia said thousands of angry Somalis rioted over rising food prices and the collapse of the nation's currency, culminating in clashes with government troops and armed shopkeepers that killed at least five protesters.
In other events, a grenade thrown by insurgents at the police missed its target, but killed at least two civilian bystanders, according to a witness.
May 7, 2008
3 civilians killed
Ethiopian troops in central Somalia were ambushed as they withdrew from one town and were heading back towards the Ethiopian border, locals said. Ethiopian soldiers who left the frontlines entered a small village where they pulled three Somali civilians from their home and executed them, according to local sources.
May 8, 2008
14 Somali soldiers, 28 civilians, 8 Ethiopian soldiers, 5 insurgents killed
A roadside explosion targeting a Somali police official in Mogadishu hit a police car, killing two officers inside and two civilian bystanders, witnesses said.
A roadside bomb killed eight Somali government soldiers and wounded six others when it tore through a convoy in the town of Baidoa.
Insurgents ambush an Ethiopian military convoy killing 8 soldiers while losing 2 fighters. Ethiopians then killed 13 civilians who were nearby. A World Food Programme driver was killed after militamen stopped 12 trucks loaded with food to feed refugees. WFP condemned the attack.
Ethiopian forces killed another 12 nomads in Walaweyne, about 90 kilometres (56 mi) east of Mogadishu.
Firing rocket-propelled grenades and heavy submachine guns, Islamist fighters seized the police headquarters at the heart of the government's stronghold in Mogadishu in a bold attack that witnesses said killed two soldiers and two policemen.
May 9, 2008
2 Somali soldiers, 4 civilians killed
At least six people have died and 13 have been wounded in clashes in Mogadishu, the Somali capital, between opposition fighters and the army, according to witnesses.
May 10, 2008
7 civilians killed, 9 Somali soldiers, 2 Ethiopian soldiers killed
Islamist militia ambushed government forces overnight in the south of Somalia's war-wracked capital, killing at least seven civilians, witnesses said. In another incident, insurgents killed five government soldiers in an ambush outside the capital Mogadishu.
Further attacks killed 4 Somali and 2 Ethiopian soldiers.
May 11, 2008
2 civilians killed
Ethiopian soldiers standing guard at a major road inside Baidoa shot and killed two walking civilians, according to witnesses.
May 12, 2008
3 civilians killed
At least three civilians were killed when Islamist insurgents attacked an Ethiopian military convoy south of Mogadishu, witnesses said.
May 14, 2008
1 Ethiopian soldier killed
An Ethiopian soldier was killed and another one was injured after a hand grenade was thrown at them.
May 17, 2008
2 pro-government militiamen, 4 Ethiopian soldiers, 1 Civilian killed
The Islamic Courts Union ousted militiamen loyal to Somalia's fragile government from Jilib. A resident said he saw two dead government fighters near a checkpoint and five others, including two civilians, who were badly wounded. After the insurgents entered the town from several directions, the two sides fought with guns and rocket-propelled grenades. The Islamic militants seized some weapons and equipment from the government side, including four armored trucks.
Heavy fighting erupted in Mogadishu between Ethiopian soldiers and Insurgents. Insurgents ambushed an Ethiopian army convoy transporting food to a majory army base in Mogadishu. They hit an IED and then the insurgents opened fire. Four Ethiopian soldiers were killed. Along with the deaths 3 insurgents and 4 Ethiopians were wounded.
The Head of aid organisation Horn Relief Ahmed Bariyow was killed Kismayo just after he returned from a trip to Nairobi. Two men shot him in front of his house.
May 18, 2008
4 Ethiopian soldiers, 3 insurgents, 1 civilian killed.
Insurgents ambushed Ethiopian soldiers guarding military trucks. The soldiers recently withdrew from Burhakaba and were heading for Mogadishu. At least 8 people, including four Ethiopian soldiers, were killed after the rebels ambushed soldiers on foot. Three rebels and one villager were also killed during the fighting, witnesses said.
May 20, 2008
3 Ethiopian soldiers, 5 Somali soldiers, 2 civilians killed.
Three Ethiopian and two government soldiers investigating a former military college building in Mogadishu died in an explosion.
Insurgents attacked a checkpoint outside Mogadishu with RPGs and machine guns. Three soldiers who manned the checkpoint died along with two civilians.
May 22, 2008
2 Ethiopian soldiers killed
2 Ethiopian soldiers were killed in an explosion in Mogadishu.
May 23, 2008
6 civilians killed.
Insurgents attacked a group of Ethiopian and Somali soldiers searching and confiscating weapons in Mogadishu. Two Somali soldiers were wounded and Five people "dressed in civilian clothes" died. It couldn't be confirmed if they were Insurgents.
A Somali driver who volunteered and lent his car to the Red Cross was shot dead by two armed men suspected to be insurgents. He died in the same town where a US air strike killed the leader of Al-Shabaab, Dhusamareb.
May 24, 2008
3 Ethiopian soldiers, 3 insurgents, 4 pirates, 3 civilians killed
In Mogadishu, insurgents simultaneously attacked Somali soldiers manning a checkpoint and a nearby Ethiopian army base in the northern quarter of the capital. Five people, including a young child, were killed during the 30-minute battle, witnesses said. Among the dead were three Ethiopian soldiers who were on foot and engaged in face-to-face combat with the rebels. The Ethiopians also killed one of the insurgents, who were eventually pushed back and forced to disperse as heavy reinforcements rushed to the scene.
Further up north in Central Somalia. 2 Islamic militants died when they fought pirates at the coastal town of Hobyo. They managed to kill 4 pirates and capture 6 alive. The Islamic Courts have taken a strong stance against piracy since the Summer of 2006.
Two civilians linked with the government were killed by an armed group who entered their locale and shot them.
May 25, 2008
2 Somali soldiers killed.
Two Somali soldiers working for the tax services where shot dead by two gunmen. The gunmen escaped before the police rushed to the scene to collect the dead bodies.
May 26, 2008
17 civilians, 2 Somali soldiers, 2 insurgents killed.
Ethiopian troops shot three civilians in Mogadishu. Before they were killed they were beaten with sticks. Evidence of torture appeared on their bodies.
Armed men shot two Somali soldiers dressed in civilian clothings in West Mogadishu. The armed men ran away has soldiers came to collect the bodies. They arrested two men in the crowd and took them to a Police station.
14 civilians died when insurgents attacked AMISOM soldiers in the capital Mogadishu. They launched the attacks from four different directions. Eight died when a mortar hit the building they were hiding in. Two young boys behind a hotel died while another young boy died near a former hospital when he was caught in a crossfire. The insurgents retreated after the African Union soldiers killed two of their fighters.
May 27, 2008
4 civilians killed
Four civilians were killed in Dharkenley neighborhood, west of Mogadishu.
June
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June 1, 2008
4 Kenyan soldiers killed
Reports from Liboi town on the Kenyan-Somali border say that unknown armed Somali groups shot dead four Kenyan soldiers according to the officials. The killing of these soldiers came as the Kenyan Security personnel in the bordering Mandera town and its environs have been put on high alert following the increasing numbers of refugees entering the country from war torn Somalia.
June 2, 2008
3 civilians killed
Three have been killed and the same number wounded when attackers threw a hand grenade into a cinema hall in Galkayo.
June 79, 2008: Mogadishu fighting
3 Somali soldiers, 4 insurgents, 21 civilians killed
28 people died, among them three soldiers and four insurgents, died in three days of heavy fighting in Mogadishu.
Witnesses in south Mogadishu said the fighting started after suspected insurgents hurled grenades at Somali and Ethiopian soldiers on foot patrol, instantly killing the three soldiers. Face-to-face combat erupted immediately, pitting joint Somali-Ethiopian troops against the Islamist rebels, who were forcefully routed out of the area minutes later.
It was followed by heavy artillery clashes around the Bakara market.
June 7, 2008: Qansah-Dheere district takeover
1 Somali soldier killed
In Bay region, northwest of Mogadishu, al Shabaab insurgents entered the district of Qansah-Dheere and took control without facing any resistance. Residents said there were no government troops present when the insurgents arrived.
But a prisons official, Col. Ali Barre, was shot and killed by the insurgents near his home in Qansah-Dheere after they took control of the town.
June 10, 2008
6 Somali soldiers, 3 civilians killed
Somali insurgents killed five officers and one civilian in an attack on a Mogadishu police base, witnesses said. A witness said insurgents also killed a policeman and a taxi-driver in the provincial town of Baidoa. "They came from an alley and fired at the taxi."And in Mogadishu, suspected insurgents shot dead a tax-collector, residents said.
The attacks came after Islamist hardliners Hassan Dahir Aweys and Hassan Abdullah Hersi al-Turki who are both on U.S. and U.N. lists of al Qaeda associatesejected a peace deal signed in Djibouti.
June 11, 2008
1 civilian killed
The head of the local Woman and Child Care aid agency, Mohamed Mahdi, was killed by unidentified gunmen. They opened fire on his car, as he was travelling through Mogadishu.
June 12, 2008
5 civilians killed
Islamic insurgents attacked government soldiers near Mogadishu airport just minutes after Somali President Abdullahi Yusuf Ahmed took off leaving at least five civilians dead, residents and officials said.
June 13, 2008
2 Somali civilians, 1 Ugandan civilian killed
An English teacher from Uganda and a clan elder were shot and killed in separate incidents in Somalia Lower Shabelle region, sources said.
A driver working for the United Nation's World Food Programme was killed while driving in a convoy of trucks taking relief food from Mogadishu to the Bay and Bakool regions.
June 15, 2008
1 Somali soldier killed
Gunmen killed a soldier in Kismayu.
June 17, 2008
6 civilians killed
At least six people were killed in fighting in Mogadishu, witnesses said.
June 18, 2008
4 Somali soldiers killed
Four policemen including a senior commander were killed when their convoy hit an IED.
June 19, 2008
20 civilians, 10 Ethiopian soldiers, 2 insurgents killed.
Fighting in Mogadishu began when 100 insurgents armed with rocket-propelled grenades attacked three government and Ethiopian bases south of the city. An Islamist spokesman told the BBC they had killed 10 Ethiopian troops, while two of their men had died. Eye-witnesses said the civilians were killed when Ethiopian troops fired shells in response to the attack by militants from the al-Shabab group.
June 22, 2008
3 Somali soldiers killed
A TFG army convoy passing through Dharkenley in Mogadishu hit an IED. Three soldiers died and four were injured. The vehicle flipped over and the bodies of the soldiers fell out on to the ground. Blood was flowing under the vehicle.
June 23, 2008
Islamist forces capture Bardale, entirely encircling Baidoa and cutting off the highway to Dolo. They institute Sharia law and a ban on Qaat.
June 24, 2008
Islamist forces establish control of Bardhere unopposed, signaling a definitive shift of Marehan clan affiliation solidly into the Islamist column.
June 26, 2008
11 Somali soldiers killed
Islamists killed nine policemen in Mogadishu after tricking them into a meeting, and shot dead two government soldiers in a central village, Rebay, locals and authorities said.
June 28, 2008
Islamist forces peacefully retook the strategic city of Beletwein after the Ethiopian garrison withdrew from the area. Some looting of government facilities occurred, but Islamist commanders called on locals to return stolen property and uphold the peace.
Elsewhere in central Somalia, battles erupted between al Shabaab and Ethiopian forces. Both sides were reported to be using heavy weapons, including artillery and rockets. The fighting was reported to be particularly heavy around the town of Guri El, which is where the Ethiopians had withdrawn to after vacating Beletwein. Guri El residents were said to be seen fleeing in all directions as the fighting continued into the night.
June 29, 2008
11 Somali civilians killed, 31 wounded
As the fighting around Guri El continued into Sunday, 11 civilians were confirmed to be killed in the fighting, with 31 others being wounded. Many of the families fleeing the area had previously fled the fighting in Mogadishu, only to be put to flight once again.
June 30, 2008
2 Somali civilians killed
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Main article: Battle of Beledweyne (July 2008)
50 Ethiopian soldiers, 39-75 insurgents, 22 civilians killed
In between Guriceel, Galgadud and Mataban, Hiraan, Islamic Courts soldiers score a victory over the Ethiopian army, with 47 Ethiopian soldiers killed to 35 Islamist soldiers killed. 3 Ethiopian military vehicles were destroyed in the fighting and two were captured and brought to Beledweyn. Ethiopian troops withdrew to Ferfer across the border.
An Ethiopian column supported by tanks and artillery drove southeast from Ferfer and engaged Islamic Courts forces in Elgal in the mountainous northwestern outskirts of Beledweyn. The Ethiopian force pounded Islamist positions heavily with Ballistic Missiles. Later in the day the Ethiopian force advanced to Jandkundisho, a suburb of Beledweyn, and continued to pound the hills surrounding Beledweyn.
On July 24, Ethiopian troops finally renewed their fight for the town. Seven civilians were killed and 12 others were wounded after artillery shells and bullets hit residential areas in Beledweyne. At least 16 civilians were killed by the end of the first day of fighting.
The next day fighting continued in Beledweyne, as Islamist rebels sought to push out Ethiopian troops who had retaken control of the town the day before. At least 12 people were killed, including three civilians who died when an artillery shell hit their home in the western side of Beledweyne. "Today's battle was very intense...I saw 9 dead bodies, including three Ethiopian soldiers and four rebels," one witness told. This brought the toll from two days of fighting to 28 dead.
July 1, 2008
1 civilan killed
An aid worker was shot and killed near Mogadishu.
July 2, 2008
10 Somali civilians killed
Upwards of 10 civilians were killed in Mogadishu, as fighting raged between Ethiopian-backed interim government forces and Islamist-led insurgents.
July 5, 2008
6 Somali soldiers killed, 1 civilian killed
At least four soldiers are known to die in an IED explosion in the Mogadishu district of Yaqshid. The commissioner of the neighborhood and his wife also died.
A TFG soldier was shot dead and had his arm stolen. Government soldiers raced to the scene but the assassin had already escaped with the arm.
July 6, 2008
Al-Shabab forces overpowered the TFG garrison in Wanlaweyn, Lower Shabeelle after a large pitched battle in the district's hinterlands. Two government vehicles were captured by al-Shabab. Fighting broke out between the TFG military and police in Yaaq Biri Weyne, Lower Shabeelle
July 7, 2008
In a rare quiet day, the TFG-appointed chief judge of Hiiraan resigns from his post due to "government's lack doing of its work". His statements to the press show a marked sympathy for the UIC, and this may also be his statement of switching sides as well.
3 Somali police officers killed
In a dispute between TFG forces, fighting in Lower Shebelle has left 3 fighters dead and 3 wounded.
July 8, 2008
11 Somali soldiers killed
Al-Shabab launches a midnight attack on Baidoa's presidential palace, airport and parliament with rockets and mortars, killing 11 soldiers in the encircled and vulnerable de-facto capital of the Transitional Government. Baidoa Airport is the only available lifeline for the city. In the tense situation, Baidoa police open fire on a bus that refused to stop for them, killing many onboard. TFG police are known to extort money from travelers at roadblocks, and this is likely an unrelated incident.
The situation in Beledweyne remained calm but tense as the traditional elders of Beledweyne requested that both the Ethiopian military and Islamic Courts forces remain outside the town, Beledweyne residents having been instructed not to provide water to the Ethiopian military.
1 Somali soldier killed
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July 9, 2008
3 insurgents, 1 Somali soldier killed
Union of Islamic Courts forces seized a large shipment of Ethiopian arms and military vehicles from an armored convoy heading from Balidogle Airport to Baidoa meant for the TFG military. 3 Islamists were killed in the battle, as well as one confirmed government soldier dead. The convoy was attacked a second time in Wanla Weyne before finally reaching Baidoa.
July 10, 2008
2 Somali soldiers killed
Islamists seized the control of Deynunay town 20 km south of Baidoa city the seat of Somalia parliament, killing one government soldier, a spokesman said. Later in the day this would rise to two dead, two injured. Daynunay was the site of some of the fiercest fighting of the Battle of Baidoa from December 2024, 2007.
July 11, 2008
8 civilians, 3 Somali soldiers killed
Fierce fighting near Daynunay continued for a second day as Islamist and TFG forces battled, 3 TFG soldiers were killed in the battle.
July 13, 2008
10 civilians, 1 Somali soldier killed
At least 10 civilians were killed and 15 badly beaten as part of a campaign by Ethiopian troops to root out militants in the Daynille and Bangala refugee camps. 1 soldier died in Mogadishu.
July 14, 2008
3 Somali soldiers, 1 insurgent killed
3 Somali soldiers and 1 insurgent were killed in various attacks in Mogadishu.
July 15, 2008
8 Somali soldiers killed, 4 civilians, and 1 insurgent killed
Insurgents gunned down a Somali soldier in Mogadishu, eyewitnesses said. Insurgents ambushed a joint Somali-Ethiopian force that was traveling by foot in Berdale town, killing 7 Somali soldiers.
July 17, 2008
16 civilians, 1 Somali soldier, 3 insurgents killed
16 civilians died in fighting in Mogadishu, along with two insurgents.
In a separate incident, gunmen killed a senior officer.
July 20, 2008
13 insurgents, 3 Somali soldiers, 8 civilians killed, 9 Ethiopians dead
Two civilians were killed during clashes in Lower Shabelle region. Local sources told Garowe Online that they also saw 3 dead soldiers and "nearly 10" insurgents lying on the ground, as the fight subsided around sunset. The military claimed to have killed at least 13 insurgents, including an Iraqi and a Pakistani, but that hasn't been independently confirmed.
6 civilians died in fighting in Mogadishu. In the same fighting at least 9 Ethiopian soldiers and several insurgents were also killed according to statements by the two opposing sides.
July 21, 2008
6 Somali soldiers killed
Fighting erupted when TFG troops arrived in Afgoi District of Lower Shabelle Region. Two police officers loyal to the Afgoi District were killed and one Ethiopian-trained police officer was killed as well. Three more soldiers were killed as government forces, insurgents clashed in southern Somalia.
July 31, 2008
1 Somali police officer killed, 1 civilian killed
One police officer and a civilian were killed.
August
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August 1, 2008
1 Ugandan soldier killed
A Ugandan soldier serving with the AMISOM peace force in Somalia has been killed by a roadside bomb in the capital, Mogadishu. The attack took place near the international airport where most of the peacekeepers in Somalia are based.
August 2, 2008
3 Ethiopian soldiers, 3 insurgents
Fresh fighting in Mogadishu reportedly happened in Yaqshid neighborhood, residents said. Three Ethiopian soldiers died in fighting that erupted when the islamists fired heavy machineguns at his unit troops near Mogadishu stadium. "I saw three dead opposition [insurgent] fighters after the fighting stopped and Somali and Ethiopian troops spread out," said a nother witness, who did not want his name published.
August 3, 2008
5 Somali soldiers, 22 civilians killed
A roadside bomb ripped through a group of female street cleaners in Mogadishu, killing at least 20 civilians and wounding dozens, most of then women, witnesses and medical sources told AFP. The explosion went off in the southern K4 neighbourhood as dozens of women supported by local NGOs gathered to sweep the area, leaving scenes of carnage in the street. In a separate overnight attack, insurgents attacked military bases in north Mogadishu's Towfiq neighborhood killing at least three government soldiers. In other attacks throughout the capital another two civilians and two policemen were killed.
August 3, 2008
2 Somali soldiers
In a sneak attack, two policemen were killed near the KM4 intersection.
August 5, 2008
2 insurgents, 10 civilians killed
Mortar shells slammed into a residential area in Somalia's capital, killing at least 8 civilians including a mother and her child, witnesses and a hospital official said. In the same fighting two insurgents were confirmed to have died by an Islamist commander while the Ethiopians claimed to have killed two rebel fighters. Two people were killed and two others injured after gunmen opened fire on a passenger vehicle between Mogadishu and Middle Shabelle.
August 7, 2008
2 Somali soldiers killed
August 9, 2008
3 Somali soldiers killed
The commander of Ethiopian trained Somali troops was killed in a bomb explosion in southern outskirt of Mogadishu, eyewitnesses said.
Somali federal government security agency chief of Bakol region was shot dead in Hudur town.
A policeman was reported to have died when other government soldiers shot him near Afar Iridood police station in Mogadishu's Xamar Weynem District. The death of the policeman occurred when two policemen in uniform were reportedly involved in frisking people for valuables.
August 11, 2008
7 civilians, 2 Ethiopian soldiers killed
One civilian was killed in a retaliatory artillery strike by Ethiopian troops in Mogadishu after their base came under mortar fire.
Two Ethiopian soldiers were killed in a roadside bomb explosion in southern Somalia, prompting their colleagues to open fire and killing six civilians, witnesses said.
August 12, 2008
1 Somali soldier killed
The Somali army commander in the central regions, Abdullahi "Afgub" Ardaf, was killed in the town of Galkayo.
2 Ethiopian soldiers, 6 civilians killed
A roadside bomb killed two Ethiopian soldiers and six civilians.
August 14, 2008
3 Ethiopian soldiers, 7 civilians killed
Fighting erupted along a key road that connects Mogadishu's Aden Adde International Airport and the Villa Somalia presidential palace after suspected insurgents attacked government security forces. One Ethiopian soldier was killed in the initial blast. Four civilians were killed when the Ethiopian soldiers opened gunfire afterwards, according to witnesses. In a separate attack, two Ethiopian soldiers and three civilians were killed when a hidden landmine exploded, destroying an army vehicle and a civilian car near Arbiska area.
August 15, 2008
65 civilians killed
Ethiopian troops traveling in the southern outskirts of Mogadishu came under attack, when at least three explosions targeted the army convoy. The soldiers opened gunfire indiscriminately on two buses full of civilians, killing at least 40 people. Witnesses confirmed that "many women and children" were among the dead. The next day another 16 bodies were discovered bringing the toll to 65.
August 16, 2008
4 Ethiopian soldiers, 9 civilians killed
4 Ethiopian soldiers and 9 civilians died in fighting in Beletwein.
August 20, 2008-August 22: Battle of Kismayo
89 people killed (including at least 18 civilians)
At least 89 people are reported to have died and 207 wounded during clashes in the southern Somali port of Kismayo. More than 3,000 people have fled the town, where sporadic gunfire could be heard on the third day of fighting in some of the worst violence in months. The Islamist forces captured the city by August 23.
August 21, 2008
9 civilians killed
Fighting in Mogadishu left at least 9 civilians dead.
August 25, 2008
1 insurgent, 1 civilian killed
Gunmen killed a district judge in Mogadishu, one of the attackers was also killed.
August 27, 2008
3 civilians killed
Somali soldiers killed a young shoes cleaner boy in Mogadishu during search operations. In Baidoa a bomb attack left the son of a Somali MP and his bodyguard dead.
August 30, 2008
Situation in Somalia August 28th
7 civilians killed
Attacks in Kismayo and Mogadishu have left 7 civilians, including 4 businessmen (killed by military elements) dead and several others wounded.
September
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September 1, 2008
Garowe Online, an online-news agency focusing primarily on Somalia, reports that the Islamist-resistance group al-Shabaab have taken control of the town of Dhoble, near the border with Kenya.
September 3, 2008
3 TFG soldiers, 3 insurgents, 9 civilians killed Garowe Online reports that an armed attack on the Presidential Palace in Mogadishu has left at least 9 civilians dead and six bodies (insurgent and government forces) inside the presidential compound dead.
September 5, 2008
2 Ethiopian soldiers, 3 insurgents killed
September 8, 2008
13 civilians killed
Fighting across Somali left at least 13 civilians dead and dozens more wounded including several schoolchildren and teachers.
September 9, 2008
2 Somali soldiers, 2 civilians killed
September 10, 2008
2 Somali soldier, 3 insurgents, 4 civilians killed
Residents said nearly 100 heavily armed insurgents launched an attack on a base for Ethiopian and Somali government troops in the northeastern Mogadishu neighborhood of Huriwaa, prompting fierce gun battles and an exchange of mortar rounds. A resident said he saw four civilians killed in the crossfire during the two-hour battle, which began shortly after midday. Another resident said he saw two government soldiers and three insurgents lying dead in the middle of the road.
September 11, 2008
2 Ethiopian soldiers killed, 3 civilians killed
One soldier was killed in Mogadishu. In another incident, Ethiopian troops in Beledweyne shot dead three civilians after one of their soldiers was killed in an ambush attack in the town according to eyewitnesses.
September 14, 2008
1 Ugandan soldier killed
In an attack, suspected Islamists laid a roadside bomb and fired on a peacekeepers' convoy inspecting for mines in Mogadishu on Sunday, AU staff said. One Ugandan soldier died and two others were wounded in the melee.
September 15, 2008
1 Ugandan soldier killed
An African Union Ugandan peacekeeper was killed in a roadside bomb explosion in Mogadishu, the second member of the contingent to be killed in the Somali capital in as many days, an AU official told AFP.
1 pirate killed
A French military unit attacked pirates holding two French nationals hostage and the French unit was able to free the nationals while taking six pirates captive and killing a seventh. This operation was praised as a huge success by the French President Nicolai Sarkozy.
September 19, 2008
12 civilians killed
A mortar barrage on the international airport in Mogadishu killed 12 civilians and injured another 35. This is one week after the Islamic Courts and Al-Shabeed threatened to blockade the airport.
September 20, 2008
2 Somali soldiers, 3 insurgents, 1 civilians killed
Heavy fighting between Somali troops and Islamist-led insurgents killed at least two Somali soldiers, three insurgents and one civilian in Baidoa.
4 civilians killed
Regional and city officials in southwestern Somalia have condemned Ethiopian soldiers who shot and killed at least four civilians, Radio Garowe reported Saturday. Abdifatah "Gesey" Mohamed, Bay's regional governor, told reporters in the provincial capital Baidoa that the civilian shooting is "similar to other shootings" perpetrated by E... I am a professional writer from China Toys Suppliers, which contains a great deal of information about coke bottle caps , reverse vending machines, welcome to visit!
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