Mogadishu airport bombed

Ethiopian fighter jets bombed Mogadishu International Airport in the middle of Somalia’s capital today.

Mon, 25 Dec, 2006 - 10:43

Ethiopian fighter jets bombed Mogadishu International Airport in the middle of Somalia’s capital today.

It was the first direct attack on the headquarters of an Islamic movement attempting to take power from the internationally-recognised government of Somalia.

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Courts Heathrow Place: Mogadishu airport Place: Mogadishu International Airport Place: Somalia Place: Ethiopia Place: Belet Weyne Place: Shabelle river Place: Baidoa Place: Horn of Africa Place: Afghanistan Place: Kenya Place: Tanzania Place: Dinsoor Place: Belet Place: Bur Haqaba Place: eastern Ethiopia Place: northeastern Kenya Place: Djibouti Place: Greater Somalia Person: Colonel Person: Abdi Yusuf Ahmed Person: Ahmed Person: Mohammed Sheik Ali Person: prime minister Person: Meles Zenawi Person: Sheik Mohamoud Ibrahim Suley Person: god Person: Weyne Person: president Person: Abdullahi Yusuf Person: Baidoa Person: Meles Person: Somalis Organisation: Government Organisation: Council of Islamic Courts Organisation: Islamic forces Organisation: Ethiopia Organisation: UN Organisation: Islamic council Organisation: Islam Organisation: Taliban Organisation: US government Organisation: al Qaida Organisation: Islamic courts Organisation: Islamic Organisation: Ogaden National Liberation Front

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