March 30 - Helicopter shot down as battles engulf Mogadishu

Reuters: By Sahal Abdulle - Rebels shot down a helicopter gunship in Mogadishu on Friday and Ethiopia said its forces had killed 200 insurgents in a two-day joint offensive with Somali troops against Islamists and clan militia.

Aid workers said scores of civilians also died in the city's worst fighting in years. Shells crashed down and deafening tank fire shattered buildings as guerrillas replied with barrages of mortars, missiles and rocket-propelled grenades.

The attemp of the government to stabilize the city of Mogadishu, helped whit the Ethiopian forces, had left many dead and wounded people. This effort is to give to Somalia a face of stablity on the gobern basis, and a axample of government control. But it's more expensive than was expected, because of the stabilized revel forces in the city for many years and the high number of civilian poblation wounded and dead.

This stabilization fo Mogadishu, can show to international witness a face of stabilization in Somali, to the investors con invest on Somali. However, thesituation is very critucal, and the government's efforts have not shown results.

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