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Ethiopian Troops Impose Curfew On Town

Shabelle Media Network (Mogadishu)
NEWS
November 22, 2006
Posted to the web November 22, 2006

By Aweys Osman Yusuf
Mogadishu
Ethiopian forces in Balanballe in Galgaduud province in central Somalia have
imposed curfew on the town.
Reliable sources told Shabelle Radio in Mogadishu that Balanballe, a Somali
district, which has become a military base for Ethiopian troops, have been
imposed on curfew by Ethiopian forces that began searching residents going in
and out of the town.
Earlier UN revealed that thousands of Ethiopian troops are in Somalia as
Ethiopian government insisted that the troops were in the country to train
forces and protect the weak government based in the small town of Baidoa, 245
km southwest of the capital.
The transitional government was formed in Kenya in 2004 after protracted
negotiations but remained largely powerless ever since it moved to Somalia.
The Ethiopian government has also massed large number of its military forces
across the Somali border in fear of a holy war against them by Somalia's Union
of Islamic Courts that declared a jihad war against Ethiopian troops in the
country.
Number Ethiopian armored vehicles attempting to reach Baidoa, the government
seat, were blown up while pro-Islamist militias in southern Somalia also slew
number of their soldiers.
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