Ethiopian Jets Bomb Airports In Somalia
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MOGADISHU, Somalia — Ethiopian jets bombed Somalia’s two main airports yesterday while ground troops captured three villages and a strategic border town, lending Somalia’s internationally-backed government crucial military aid in its struggle against a powerful Islamic militia.
Russian-made jets swept low over the capital at midmorning, dropping two bombs on Mogadishu International Airport, part of a major escalation in the week-old fighting. The leader of the Islamic militia, Sheik Hassan Dahir Aweys, flew into the airport shortly after the attack; it was not clear if he was an intended target.
