Posted by warvictims on June 20, 2008
By BBC NEWS
A mother and two children are among 25 people and 13 civilians, killed in fierce fighting in the Somali capital, Mogadishu, witnesses say.
They were killed when a mortar shell landed on their house, neighbours said. The fighting began when 100 insurgents armed with rocket-propelled grenades attacked three government and Ethiopian bases south of the city. Read the rest of this entry »
Posted in Africa, Civilian Casualties, Ground Assault, Gunfire, Insurgents, Military, Mortars, Rocket, Somalia, Targeted Death, Targeted Injury | Tagged: attacks, civilians, eritrea, ethopia, ICU, Insurgents, islamists, Mogadishu, rocket-propelled grenades, Somali, Somalia, TFG | Leave a Comment »
Posted by warvictims on June 20, 2008
By Agence France Presse
A suicide attack on a military convoy killed a US-led soldier and 11 Afghans in southern Afghanistan Friday, a day after a huge operation to drive Taliban rebels from a key stronghold.
The convoy was driving through a crowded bazaar in the troubled province of Helmand when it was hit by small-arms fire and then an insurgent detonated explosives strapped to his body, officials said.
Separately, two US-led coalition troops were killed Thursday in an operation against insurgents in Helmand, the country’s main opium growing area and a tough bastion of the hardline Taliban movement. Read the rest of this entry »
Posted in Afghanistan, Bomb, Car Bomb, Civilian Casualties, ISAF, Insurgents, Military, NATO/Allies, Southeast Asia, Suicide Bomb, Targeted Death, Targeted Injury, Terrorists | Tagged: Afghanistan, Al Qaeda, army, attacks, Bush, Coalition, detonation, explosion, Kandahar, Karzai, McKiernan, Nato, suicide attack, Taliban, VBIED | Leave a Comment »
