Somali Islamists accuse Ethiopia of war threat
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Dissident Somali lawmakers on Friday joined Islamists, who control much of southern Somalia, in accusing Ethiopia of preparing to attack the country and said they were ready for a holy war to defend themselves.
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Somali Islamists are under the growing control of an al Qaeda cell in East Africa, a U.S. diplomat said on Thursday, as Washington condemned their threat to attack Ethiopian troops backing Somalia's interim government.
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Some of the heaviest fighting in months hits Somalia's Mogadishu as Ethiopian troops battle local insurgents.
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The Islamic militia that controls much of southern Somalia said Tuesday it will train students for holy war against foreign peacekeepers, an ominous development amid fears that a Taliban-style regime is emerging in the country.
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A headless statue of a soldier stands guard at the entrance of Somalia's "City of Death" &#151; a fitting monument in a place once more stalked by war. An Islamic movement, accused of having al-Qaida terrorists in its ranks, and a new U.N.-backed government struggling to end 15 years of anarchy are vying for control of this nation and girding for battle.
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ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia -- With the Ethiopian government saying it is technically at war with Somalia's Islamic Courts movement, and the movement having declared holy war against Ethiopia, there is fear that an all-out conflict in the Horn of Africa may be unavoidable.
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Militant Somali Islamist leader Sheikh Hassan Dahir Aweys, in hiding since a war ousted his movement from southern Somalia at the end of 2006, appeared on Thursday at a conference in Eritrea.
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The Islamists who control much of southern Somalia say they will seize the border with Kenya, possibly to stop peacekeepers.
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Somalia's Islamists reject accusations that they were behind the car bomb on the government base.
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The inevitability of war hangs over Mogadishu, threatening to further destabilize the troubled Horn of Africa.
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At least 13 people were killed and 75 wounded in heavy fighting in the Somali capital on Thursday in the latest confrontation between Ethiopian troops and Islamist-led insurgents, witnesses said.
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Ethiopian troops fired  rockets at a strategic town north of Somalia's capital, Islamist officials tell a rally.
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Somalia's powerful Islamist movement said on Thursday that U.N. endorsement of an African peacekeeping force will "add fuel to the fire" in the Horn of Africa nation that many fear is on the verge of all-out war.
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Ethiopia rejects charges it bombed a Mogadishu market on Thursday, as clashes continue.
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Somalia's prime minister told The Associated Press that war in the Horn of Africa is unavoidable because radicals control the Islamic movement that in recent months has taken over much of his country.
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Seven people are killed in overnight attacks on Ethiopia troops in Somali's capital Mogadishu, residents say.
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Government forces backed by Ethiopian troops reportedly clash with Islamists for a second day in Somalia.