Meanwhile, on that other, other Front
Since Iraq just keeps spiralling into ever worse destruction, it always nice to see a new source of destabilization
Unidentified gunmen have killed at least 74 people in an attack on an oil field in Ethiopia's remote Ogaden region, the Ethiopian government says.
Sixty-five Ethiopians and nine Chinese oil workers were killed in the incident early on Tuesday, an adviser to the prime minister told the BBC.
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Ethiopian tanks are pounding parts of the Somali capital, stepping up a week-long campaign against insurgents and fighters of the Hawiye clan.
Heavy shelling is also taking place near the presidential palace - guarded by Ethiopian and African Union troops.
Prime Minister Ali Mohammed Ghedi said the government forces were winning the war against insurgents.
UN chief Ban Ki-moon has called for an end to clashes in which more than 250 people have died in the past week.
Ethiopian forces and insurgents are exchanging heavy fire. Mortar and other artillery shells are also landing, Khalid Haji, a resident at Fagah in the north of the capital told AFP news agency.
Rotting bodies have been left on the streets for days according to witnesses.
Another burgeoning success in the “War on Terror"!
