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allAfrica.com: Somalia: Insurgent Splinter Group Frees Two Soldiers (Page 1 of 1)

allAfrica.com: Somalia: Insurgent Splinter Group Frees Two Soldiers (Page 1 of 1) : "A group of Somali militants fighting against the country's Ethiopian-backed transitional government released two soldiers today, saying that they do not want to kill Somalis. A spokesman for the group, Jabhada Islamiga Somaliyeed (JIS), refused to give his name to Mogadishu-based media but stated that the two soldiers were kidnapped at Bakara market two days earlier. The unidentified spokesman said the soldiers were released after the group spoke with their relatives and agreed that the soldiers will not return to the Somali army."

Escalating Somali conflict 'second Iraq' for world: Eritrea - Yahoo! News

Escalating Somali conflict 'second Iraq' for world: Eritrea - Yahoo! News : "'Just as the Eritrean government had predicted before hand, the situation in Somalia has become a second Iraq to the TPLF (Ethiopian regime) and its masters,' said the statement posted Monday on the information ministry website. 'Now, after it has become clear to all that the war in Somalia has no end, the US administration, the UN and the international community, as a whole, are being forced to admit that their approach towards the Somali issue was indeed wrong,' it added."