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Information may change rapidly as the event progresses. | The Battle of Baidoa began on December 20, 2006 when the Somali Transitional Federal Government's forces (TFG) allied with Ethiopian forces stationed there attacked advancing Islamic Courts Union (ICU) forces along with 500 alleged Eritrean troops arrayed against them. Image File history File links Flag_of_Somalia. ...
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Combatants Somali National Army (SNA) under Siad Barre; after Barres exile and return forces later known as Somali National Front (SNF) Revolutionary groups: Somali National Movement (SNM) Somali Patriot Movement (SPM) United Somalia Congress (USC) Somali Democratic Front (SDF) Somali Salvation Democratic Front (SSDF) Commanders Siad Barre Ahmad Mahammad...
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Combatants Islamic Courts Union Pro-Islamist Militias Alleged: Eritrea Foreign Jihadists Various Warlords Transitional Federal Government Puntland Ethiopia Commanders Muhammad Ibraheem Bilal Hasan Hersi Turki Yusuf Siad Inda-Addeh Mukhtar Robow Barre Adan Shire Hirale (Jubaland), Abdi Qeybdid, Adde Musa (Puntland) Strength 10,000 - 30,000 soldiers 500 - 2000 technicals...
Combatants Islamic Courts Union Pro-Islamist militias Alleged: Eritrea Foreign jihadists Puntland Galmudug Transitional Government of Somalia Ethiopia[1] Commanders Hassan Aweys, Hasan Hersi Barre Adan Shire Hirale Abdi Qeybdid Adde Musa (Puntland) Meles Zenawi Strength 10,000 – 30,000 soldiers 500 – 2000 technicals Heavy weapons including artillery, GTA and...
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Combatants USSOF, UNOSOM II Somali National Alliance-affiliated militias Commanders William F. Garrison Mohamed Farrah Aidid Strength 160 2,000+ Casualties U.S. 18 killed 73 wounded Malaysia 1 killed 7 wounded Pakistan 2 wounded Militia and civilians 1,000+ killed 3,000+ wounded Task Force Ranger achieved the mission...
Combatants Alliance for the Restoration of Peace and Counter-Terrorism Militia loyal to the Islamic Court Union Commanders Mohamed Qanyare, Muse Sudi, Nuur Daqle Sheikh Sharif Ahmed Strength unknown unknown Casualties unknown unknown The Second Battle of Mogadishu was a battle fought for control of Mogadishu, the capital city of...
December 20 is the 354th day of the year (355th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ...
2006 (MMVI) is a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
The Transitional Federal Parliament is the parliament of Somalia. ...
The Ethiopian National Defense Force (ENDF) has approximately 100,000 personnel, which makes it one of the largest military forces in Africa. ...
Motto: none Anthem: none Capital (and largest city) Mogadishu Somali and Arabic Government - Executive Chairman Sharif Sheikh Ahmed - Shura Chairman Hassan Dahir Aweys Civil War Faction Has not declared autonamy nor independence - Established June 6th 2006 in Mogadishu Area - Total not finalized/civil war km² (not ranked) n/a sq...
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December 20, 2006 On December 20, heavy shooting broke out between Somali government troops and Islamists 25 km (15 miles) southeast of Baidoa[2] where the Islamists claimed to have taken the government's military base in Daynunay. The conflict thereafter moved north to the Islamist stronghold in Moode Moode (also spelled "Mode Mode").[3] Heavy weapons, including artillery, rockets and mortars were involved.[4][5] Initial claims of casualties in this area were at least ten dead ICU militiamen and forty TFG troops wounded.[6] Later claims of ICU casualties by the TFG were 71 Islamic soldiers dead and 221 injured, including two dead foreign fighters. The TFG claimed its own casualties were 3 dead and 7 wounded while the ICU claimed to have killed 7 government troops.[7] December 20 is the 354th day of the year (355th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ...
Fighting was reported on many fronts around the capital in Iidale village (55 km south of Baidoa), Buulo Jadid (23 km north of Baidoa, also spelled Bullo Jadid), and Manaas (30 km southwest of Baidoa).[8] One TFG death and numerous injured civilians were reported in Iidale.[9] A later report raised the casualties to three soldiers killed and two injured. Thirteen trucks filled with Ethiopian reinforcements were reported en route to the fighting.[5]
An AFP report mentioned the TFG claimed the attack on Iidale was led by Abu Taha al-Sudan, who is "wanted by Washington for carrying out attacks against its embassies in east Africa in 1998 and against an Israeli-owned hotel in Kenya in 2002." Aftermath at the Nairobi embassy. ...
On November 28, 2002, the Kenyan hotel bombing took place. ...
This report raised the death toll from the artillery duel in Iidale to 12, and added that the government captured 30 "armed vehicles" (presumably technicals). It also contradicted the fall of Daynunay to the ICU: "'The fighting is so fierce, but government forces are still controlling Deynunay,' said Issak Adan Mursaley, a resident in Deynunay."[10] A technical in Liberia. ...
Meanwhile, an EU peace-brokering commission led by Louis Michel landed at Baidoa and then Mogadishu to meet respectively with the TFG and ICU representatives.[9][11] Discussions yielded the agreement to meet in Khartoum, Sudan at an unspecified future date.[12] Louis Michel Louis Michel (born September 2, 1947) was until July 2004 the Belgian foreign minister. ...
Map of Sudan with Khartoum Khartoum ( الخرطوم al-Ḫará¹Å«m Elephant Trunk) is the capital of Sudan and of Khartoum State. ...
In Dadaab, Kenya, UN Deputy High Commissioner for Refugees, Wendy Chamberlin, said camps there accounted for 34,000 refugees fleeing the fighting and floods in Somalia, but that number is expected to grow to 80,000 if fighting continues. The World Food Programme (WFP) is attempting to provide relief, but floods and mud have hampered ground transportation.[13] Sheikh Mohamed Ibrahim Bilal, speaking for the ICU, claimed fighting was going its way in Iidale and Buulo Jadid, saying they captured two technicals, killed nine soldiers, and had taken prisoners in the fighting.[14] Dadaab is a town in northeastern Kenya, approximately 100 kilometers from Kenya-Somali bourder. ...
Wendy Chamberlin (born 1948) is a veteran diplomat who has served in the United States Department of State and USAID, and now works for the UN High Commissioner on Refugees (UNHCR). ...
// World Food Programme Hunger and undernutrition claim more lives than AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria combined—25,000 people a day, one every four seconds. ...
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December 21, 2006 On December 21, Puntland President Adde Muse claimed ICU casualties were heavy in the fighting around Baidoa, sustaining 75 dead and 125 wounded, along with the loss of 30 vehicles burned or captured.[15] December 21 is the 355th day of the year (356th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ...
Motto: None Anthem(s): Puntland Somalian National Anthem Capital Garowe Largest city Bosaso Official language(s) Somali and Arabic Government - President Mohamud Muse Hersi - Vice-President Hasan Dahir Independence From Somalia - Declared 1998 - Recognition none Area - Total ~250,000 km² (not ranked) n/a sq mi - Water (%) Negl. ...
Mohamud Muse Hersi or Adde is the President of Puntland since January 8, 2005. ...
Also reported on the 21st, fighting in Iidale and Daynuunay was said to have started the prior morning and continued through the next day. No stint in the fighting seemed to be coming, as both sides continued to gather reinforcements. Casualty figures were unavailable, but the numbers were expected to be in the hundreds easily. The report went on to refute the ICU claim of victory, and stated that the government was again in possession of Iidale and had killed foreign fighters. The government also captured dozens of Islamist students who took up arms, sufficient in quantity to fill three lorries.[16]
Sketchy, unattributed and unconfirmable reports stated Baidoa was on the "brink of collapse," and put the odds of fighters in the battle at 10-to-1 in favor of the ICU, with unconfirmed reports that the ICU are being provided with "high-tech weaponry, trainers and even fighters from many Muslim countries and Eritrea".[17]
December 22, 2006 By December 22, TFG refuted assertions of collapse when it claimed to have inflicted 700 casualties on the ICU. The ICU claimed to have killed more than 200 government troops.[18] December 22 is the 356th day of the year (357th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. ...
Contrary to ICU claims, the TFG said it was advancing. Reports put TFG troops in Safar Noles, on the approaches to Diinsoor.[19]
Nearly 20 Ethiopian tanks were seen heading toward the front line. According to government sources Ethiopia has 20 T-55 tanks and four attack helicopters in Baidoa. The tanks were reported to be splitting into two groups heading towards fighting in Daynunay and Iidale.[20] Ethiopia may have as many as 50 tanks and other armored vehicles in the country.[21] The T-54 and T-55 tank series was the Soviet Unions front-line main battle tank from 1947 until 1962, and remains in service throughout the world to this day, especially by former client states of the Soviet Union. ...
Civilian casualties were reported as dozens killed and over 200 wounded.[22]
To the north, in Mudug, 500 Ethiopian troops with eight tanks and 30 pickup trucks mounted with anti-aircraft guns were headed for Bandiradley, an Islamic Courts stronghold in central Somalia, according to witnesses and Islamic Courts officials. The Council of Islamic Courts said they would send ground troops to attack on Saturday, instead of fighting from a distance with heavy weapons as they have been doing so far. "Our troops have not started to attack. From tomorrow the attack will start," said Ibrahim Shukri Abuu-Zeynab, an Islamic Courts spokesman.[23] Location of Mudug in Somalia Mudug (Somali: Mudug; Arabic: ‎ ) is an administrative region (gobolka) in central Somalia. ...
A TFG press release stated a unit of 500 Eritrean troops with artillery and other heavy weapons had reinforced Bur Hakaba. It claimed TFG troops had succeeded destroying an ICU force in Dinsoor, killing all the commanders, forcing the rest to surrender, and resulting in five foreign fighters committing suicide rather than face capture.[24]
Nineteen bodies of Islamic fighters were found in Moode Moode by an Associated Press photographer. Reports that the ICU is forcing people to fight in Baidoa are claimed by a captured Islamic fighter.[25] The Associated Press, or AP, is an American news agency, the worlds largest such organization. ...
The Council of Islamic Courts leader said that Somalia was in "a state of war" with the TFG and Ethiopia. [26] The Transitional Federal Parliament is the parliament of Somalia. ...
December 23, 2006 Fighting continued in and around Baidoa, particularly at Idale and Dinsoor; approximately 60 and 120 kilometres south of Baidoa respectively. Idale was reportedly captured by the Islamists. [27][28] Baidoa (Somali: Baydhabo) is a city in south-central Somalia, situated 256 kilometers (159 miles) by road northwest of the capital Mogadishu. ...
Somali Information Minister of the TFG, Ali Jama, quoted that "The combined total from two fronts is over 500 Islamists killed since Wednesday,".[29] He later went on to report that most of those that were killed were children sent by the ICU to fight in the fronts east and south of Baidoa.
The ICU vowed all out war against the Ethiopian-backed transitional government, with Islamic commander Hassan Bullow stating that "This war is a religious obligation and we are here to fight for our religion against the enemies until we die." Islamic officials scorned the African Union and Arab League for doing nothing, saying "The world is silent today while Ethiopian forces are killing us inside our country, but tomorrow when we defeat them and chase them things will be changed, we will enter their territories and at that moment the world will shout".[30] [31] One resident saw Islamist fighters pushing toward Daynunay, the government's forward military base about 20 km (12 miles) southeast of its encircled base at Baidoa. "This morning, I heard sounds of rockets being fired from the frontline," Hassan Yusuf added. He said he saw three dead Ethiopian soldiers taken by Islamist fighters to a village close to Daynunay on Friday, while wounded Islamist fighters were being treated in nearby Buur Hakaba.
Islamists, for the first time, called upon international fighters to join their cause stating "We're saying our country is open to Muslims worldwide. Let them fight in Somalia and wage jihad, and God willing, attack Addis Ababa".[32] Map of Ethiopia highlighting Addis Ababa (in red). ...
ICU defense chief, Sheik Yusuf Mohammed Siad Indho-adde, made a world-wide appeal for jihadists to come to Somalia, and claimed the ICU had taken Tiyoglow, Bakol province.[33] Independent journalists were also shown that Idale had been taken by the ICU, where they were shown bodies of Ethiopian troops. The TFG denied the claims as "cheap propaganda."[34]
The International Committee of the Red Cross expressed their concern over those caught up in the fighting, quoting the figure of 200 wounded fighters being brought into hospitals on both sides.[29] The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) is a private humanitarian institution based in Geneva, Switzerland. ...
December 24, 2006 Islamist Abdulahi Gedow, commander of forces in Burhakaba, claimed to have seized Gasarta, less than 12km south of Baidoa.[35] This would be an advance of 10km north of Daynunay (which is 22km southeast of Baidoa). Islamists claimed that five Ethiopian tanks were destroyed.[36]
TFG Defence Minister Barre Shire Hirale claimed to have retaken Idale after a clash in which over 100 were killed.[37]
In Kismayo, 1,000 men were said to be leaving for the battle, presumably to fight on behalf of the ICU.[38]
Ethiopian airstrikes hit targets across Somalia, including Dinsoor and Burhakaba in the Bay region as part of the counter-offensive in the battle. To the north, Bandiradley in Mudug and Baladwayne in Hiiran were also struck.[39] Buurhakaba is a city located in the Bay region of southwestern Somalia. ...
Bandiiradley is one of the largest towns in Mudug region. ...
Location of Mudug in Somalia Mudug (Somali: Mudug; Arabic: ‎ ) is an administrative region (gobolka) in central Somalia. ...
Beledweyne (also transliterated as Belet Uen) is a city in Somalia. ...
Hiiraan (Somali: Hiiraan; Arabic: ‎ ) is an administrative region (gobolka) in central Somalia. ...
TFG Deputy Defense Minister Salad Ali Jele stated government forces had advanced within three kilometers of Bur-Hakaba and were poised to re-capture the town.[40]
Thousands of angry people have on Sunday rallied in Somalia capital Mogadishu in protest of the Ethiopian air strikes in parts of Somalia killing civilians. The people took the streets of Mogadishu forcing all business centers to close down and go for the front against the Ethiopian troops who are fighting with the Islamists in number of fronts in Bay, Hiran and Mudug regions.Hundreds of volunteers are now registering to join the Islamist declared Jihad on Ethiopia as fighting intensifies more heavily.[41] Jihad, sometimes spelled Jahad, Jehad, Jihaad, Jiaad, Djehad, Jawwad, or Cihad, (Arabic: ‎ ) is an Islamic term, meaning to strive or struggle in the way of God, and is sometimes referred to as the sixth pillar of Islam, although it has no official status. ...
References - ^ Ethiopia admits Somalia offensive BBC
- ^ Fighting erupts on Somali front near govt stronghold Reuters
- ^ Heavy fighting erupts in Somalia BBC NEWS
- ^ Ferocious fighting continues closer to the government base of Baidoa Shabelle Media Network
- ^ a b Somali Islamist downplays war fears amid clashes Reuters
- ^ Heavy fighting rages near Baidoa, the government base SomaliNet
- ^ Skirmishes in Somalia follow agreement to resume peace talks Associated Press
- ^ Residents flee fighting near Baidoa Reuters
- ^ a b Skirmishes On for the Second Day As EU Commission Lands At Baidoa Shabelle Media Network
- ^ Clashes broaden between Somali Islamist and government troops AFP
- ^ EU commissioner Louis Michel arrives in Mogadishu Shabelle Media Networks
- ^ Govt, Islamic rivals to hold peace talks Associated Press
- ^ Political crisis in Somalia escalates NDTV
- ^ Changes dateline, adds casualties, quotes, EU update (sic) dpa German Press Agency
- ^ Islamists suffered heavy casualties, says Puntland president Garowe Online
- ^ Clashes enter the second day, government may have upper hand SomaliNet
- ^ Baidao on the brink of collapse SomaliNet
- ^ http://somalinet.com/news/world/Somalia/6049 SomaliNet
- ^ Somalia: War bulletin - December 22nd SomaliNet
- ^ Ethiopian tanks roll in Somali battle's fourth day Reuters
- ^ Ethiopian Ethiopian tanks roll into Somalia dpa - Deutsche Presse-Agentur
- ^ SOMALIA: Dozens killed as fighting continues in the southIRIN
- ^ Somalia Civilians flee fightingAl Jazeera
- ^ Somalia: Government press release - war situation SomaliNet
- ^ Carnage as Somalia "in state of war CNN
- ^ Thousands flee as war escalates CNN
- ^ Islamists 'capture' frontline position Sunday Herald Sun
- ^ Somali Courts capture government position Middle East Online
- ^ a b Ethiopian tanks move into battle with Somalia Islamists AFP
- ^ Ethiopian tanks move into battle with Somalia Islamists ABC
- ^ Somali Islamists urge Muslims to join war on Ethiopia Reuters
- ^ Somali Islamists urge Muslim fighters to join jihad Reuters
- ^ Islamists call world Muslim fighters to wage their jihad war in Somalia Shabelle Media Networks
- ^ Ethiopian bodies seen in Idale town SomaliNet
- ^ Somalia: Islamists claim they seized Gasarte quite closer to Baidoa Shabelle Media Networks
- ^ Ethiopian planes bomb Somali areas: witnessesReuters
- ^ Over 100 killed in clashes SA
- ^ Ethiopia fights rival Somali Islamists Reuters
- ^ Ethiopian Airstrikes Target Islamists in Somalia Voice of America
- ^ Somalia: Clashes spread in Mudug and Hiran regions SomaliNet
- ^ Anti-Ethiopia rallies in Somalia SomaliNet
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