Somalia militants warn of possible war
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Islamic militants in control of most of southern Somalia warned Thursday that war will erupt over a U.N. decision authorizing an African force to protect the country's virtually powerless government.
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Extremists in Somalia threatened to carry out suicide attacks against African Union peacekeepers who are to begin deploying in the coming days, as gunmen fatally shot two local government officials in the capital.
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ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia, Dec. 13 -- 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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Western experts worried about the   security of oil supplies from Africa's Gulf of Guinea have   considered several doomsday scenarios, including suicide   attacks by determined Islamist militants on offshore oil   platforms.
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Government forces backed by Ethiopian troops reportedly clash with Islamists for a second day in Somalia.
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Somalia's Islamist movement told arch-foe Ethiopia on Tuesday to withdraw its troops from the Horn of Africa nation within a week or face war.
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Militiamen loyal to the fundamentalist Islamic group that appears determined to rule Somalia are advancing on one of the last remaining commercial ports outside of their control, an official said Wednesday.
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Islamic militia that had moved near the base of Somalia's weak interim government will pull back, a senior official said Thursday.
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A powerful Somali militia has said it was ready to fight Ethiopian invaders, sparking fears of an all-out war in the lawless African nation.
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As Islamists take over Somalia, its Western-backed neighbor Ethiopia prepares for war.
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A Somali Islamist group threatened on Tuesday to fight any peacekeeping troops sent to their country as African leaders struggled to put together an international force for the anarchic Horn of Africa nation.
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Somali Islamists and pro-government soldiers fought in heavy clashes for a second day on Saturday, witnesses said, in the latest escalation of skirmishing many fear will erupt into all-out war.
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Militants may be planning to attack commercial aircraft carrying Western workers in Algeria, the U.S. and British governments told nationals living in the oil- and gas-exporting North African country.
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Somalia's transitional government in exile said yesterday it would start moving back to Mogadishu by the end of the month, despite threats of attack by Islamic militants.
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Powerful Somali Islamists claimed to have fought Ethiopian troops in central Somalia and warned of importing foreign fighters to join their holy war if the United Nations authorizes peacekeepers.
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Rival militias massed on the northern edge of Somalia&#039;s lawless capital Saturday, prompting hundreds to flee their homes amid fears that another surge of violence was imminent in this Horn of Africa country, witnesses said.
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The president of a semiautonomous region in northeastern Somalia vowed Tuesday to resist the expansion of Islamic militants as more fighting was reported in the chaotic East African nation.