Islamists will 'defend' Somalia
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Somalia's Islamic Courts militia says it will defend the country against what it calls Ethiopian violations of its territory.
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BAIDOA, Somalia -- Thousands of Islamic militants have surrounded the only town that Somalia's internationally recognized government controls, the prime minister said yesterday as a top Islamic official promised to attack within a week unless Ethiopian troops leave.
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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.
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Hundreds of Ethiopian troops arrived to protect Somalia's government Friday as witnesses said a powerful Islamic militia massed nearby, raising concerns of clashes between the two forces.
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A senior Islamist leader on Friday rejected the prospect of African peacekeepers for Somalia, as fresh violence in the capital killed five civilians and underscored the continued threat in the war-ravaged country.
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Ethiopia makes preparations for a conflict with Somalia's Islamist group, the prime minister says.
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Somalia's interim government welcomed a U.S. proposal at the U.N. Security Council to deploy east African peacekeepers in the violent state, as residents said on Saturday that rival Islamists had seized another town.
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KISMAYO, Somalia  - Islamist forces were poised to   take over Somalia's strategic southern port city of Kismayo   after the warlord in charge of the region fled, witnesses and   officials said on Sunday.
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As Islamists take over Somalia, its Western-backed neighbor Ethiopia prepares for war.
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Somalia&#039;s weak interim government said Friday it will resist attempts by an increasingly powerful Muslim militia to assert authority across the Horn of Africa country that Osama bin Laden calls a battleground in his fight against the U.S.
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Somalia's powerful Islamist movement said U.N. endorsement of an African peacekeeping force in Somalia will "add fuel to the fire" in the Horn of Africa nation many fear is on the verge of all-out war.
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Residents of the town housing Somalia's interim government stocked up with provisions on Friday as troops tested weaponry ahead of a feared attack by rival Islamists in the Horn of Africa nation.
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Almost every day, Somalia's government comes under attack &#151; suicide bombings, roadside explosions, ambushes. Security forces have tried mass arrests and curfews, but to no avail.
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KISMAYO, Somalia  - Islamist forces on Sunday   advanced toward Somalia's third largest city Kismayo and the   defense minister who controlled the region has fled, a witness   said.
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Somalia's interim government welcomed a U.S. proposal at the U.N. Security Council to deploy east African peacekeepers, but the newly powerful Islamists who have seized control of most of the country rejected it.
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The United States is considering  whether to have a diplomatic presence in Somalia, where  Islamists were ousted from the capital at the end of last year,  the State Department said on Thursday.
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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.