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{{Infobox Military Conflict |
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|conflict=Islamist insurgency in Somalia (2007–present) |
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|date=], ] – ongoing |
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|place=Southern ] (mainly ]) |
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|result=Ongoing Conflict |
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* Emergence of ] ] by the ] |
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] ]<br/>] ]<br/> {{flagicon|Somalia}} Anti-TFG Militias<br/><br/>'''Alleged:'''<br>Foreign ]<br/> |
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{{flagicon|Somalia}} ]<br/>{{flagicon|African Union}} ]<br/> |
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|strength1= 3,000–3,500 militia <br/> |
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|strength2=10,000 militia<br>3-5,000 Ethiopian infantry<br>8,000 AU peacekeepers |
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|casualties1=200+ killed |
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|casualties2=60+ killed |
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|casualties3=1,100+ civilians killed |
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{{Campaignbox Ethiopian war in Somalia}} |
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{{Campaignbox Somali Civil War}} |
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The '''Islamist insurgency in Somalia''' is an armed resistance within southern ] by the ] (ICU) and its successor organization, the ] (PRM), after the defeat of the ICU in the ]. The insurgency opposes not just the Somali ] (TFG) and the presence of ], but also the planned advent of ]. An estimated 3,000 Islamist militants, including many foreigners, have gone into hiding.<ref name=ETHIOPIAN-SOLDIER-DIES-IN-SOMALIA>{{cite news|title=Ethiopian soldier dies in Somalia|publisher=]|date=]|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/6298725.stm|accessdate=2007-01-27}}</ref> |
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As ] peacekeepers began arriving, they also became a target for the insurgents. |
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==2007== |
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{{main|2007 timeline of the War in Somalia}} |
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During ], many attacks took place, mostly in ], the capital of Somalia. There has been wide spread violence in Mogadishu as Islamist insurgents began hit and run attacks in the city on the positions of the government forces at night causing human casualties.<ref name=MOGADISHU-INDULGES-TURMOIL>{{cite news|title=Somalia: Mogadishu indulges turmoil|url=http://www.somalinet.com/news/world/Somalia/7021|publisher=]|date=]|accessdate=2007-02-09}}</ref> |
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On ], 2007 Mogadishu witnessed its first car bomb, with four fatalities.<ref name=CAR-BLAST-MOGADISHU-2007-02-18>{{cite news |
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|title=Somalia: Car blast kills four in Mogadishu |
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|url=http://www.somalinet.com/news/world/Somalia/7693 |
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|accessdate=2007-02-20 }}</ref> |
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On ], a series of mortar attacks left 16 dead and 42 wounded. The total wounded in mortar attacks in the capital since the beginning of the insurgency exceeded 90.<ref name=SIXTEEN-KILLED-MORTAR-BLASTS>{{cite news |
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|title=Sixteen killed as mortar blasts hit Mogadishu |
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|url=http://www.iol.co.za/index.php?set_id=1&click_id=68&art_id=qw1172003404671B254 |
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|accessdate=2007-02-20 }}</ref><ref name=MORTAR-EXCHANGES-WOUND-42>{{cite news |
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|title=Somalia: Mogadishu mortar exchanges wound 42--Hospital sources say |
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|url=http://shabelle.net/news/ne2369.htm |
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|accessdate=2007-02-20 }}</ref> |
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On ], ] ] in Shirkole, Mogadishu. Civilians drag soldiers' bodies through Mogadishu, in the first such fighting since the end of the invasion. At least 22 people were killed including 9 TFG soldiers and one Ethiopian and 65 people are wounded. A truce was found by the end of the day but fighting continued six days later. |
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On ], at least 10 soldiers of Puntland have been killed and 6 others were wounded in an ambush attack that took place in ] town of ] region in central Somalia. |
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On ], a ], killing 11. |
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On ], heavy street battles are renewed in Mogadishu. |
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On ], in heavy fighting at least 15 Ethiopian military personnel have been killed and others more were wounded in Mogadishu. |
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On ], 2007, an Ethiopian helicopter, thought to be an ] Hind, was downed by suspected missile fire near the Mogadishu airport. The ] contingent of the AU mission to Somalia claimed to have recovered the wreckage, including the bodies of two ] soldiers.<ref>http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/6509729.stm</ref> |
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On ], a ]n soldier was killed by artillery in Mogadishu in the first death reported by African peacekeepers in the Somali capital. |
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On ], it was reported that the death toll of the previous four days of heavy fighting in the capital is at least 849 killed civilians, 200 insurgents and 36 Ethiopian soldiers along with the one Ugandan soldier, for a total of 1,086 dead. |
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On ], a roadside bomb in the capital killed four and wounded five Ugandan soldiers. |
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On ], four Ethiopian soldiers were killed after their base close to the volatile Somali capital Mogadishu came under rocket and machine-gun attack from Islamists. Also six people are killed by a remote controlled bomb in Mogadishu.<ref>http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/88568.html</ref> |
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On ], heavily armed insurgents attacked a military base and a police station with mortars and heavy machine guns. At least three civilians died. |
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==See also== |
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{{War in Somalia (2006–present)}} |
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==References== |
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