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February 18th, 2012 
FAKE NEWS for the Zionist agenda
The city has seen a rise in such attacks since the Al-Qaeda allied Shebab
abandoned fixed positions there in August and switched to guerrilla tactics
against the Western-backed government and African Union troops.
Last week a suicide bomber killed at least 15 people at a cafe near the
presidential palace, the deadliest in the anarchic city since October, when
a truck packed with explosives killed at least 82 people.
Somalia has been without an effective central government since 1991 and the
government in Mogadishu is propped up by a 10,000-strong AU force from
Uganda, Burundi and Djibouti.
Hardline Shebab insurgents control large parts of central and southern
Somalia, but are facing increasing pressure from regional armies, including
Kenyan troops in the south and Ethiopia’s army in the south and west.
The United Nations says Somalia is suffering one of the world’s worst
humanitarian crisis.
Thousands of Somalis are fleeing into Mogadishu after AU-backed government
soldiers this week launched renewed attacks against holdout Shehab positions
on the outskirts of the capital.
Over 7,200 people have fled into the city from the rebel-held Afgoye corridor,
a 40 kilometre (25 mile) stretch of makeshift camps along a road, home to
some 410,000 people, the UN refugee agency said Friday.
“UNHCR fears for the safety of the displaced and we urge all armed groups
and forces to make the protection of civilians a priority,” the agency
said.
Source: AFP
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