Muqdisho,19,January-07 ( Boondheere.com) Habeenkii koowaad sanadka cusub ee hijriyada 1428 abaarihii 8:45 daqiiqo fiidnimo ayey horin ka mid ah horimaha muqaawamada ay hawlgal qorsheysan ka fulisey aqalka madaxtooyada Villa Soomaaliya, halkaasoo uu u ku sugan yahey madaxweynaha calooshood u shaqeystayaasha oo ah ninka koowaad ee dalka ku soo hogaanshey cadowga saliibiyiinta, kan fasaxey in la duqeeyo mujaahidiinta iyo reer guuraaga Jubada Hoose ku nool, kan diidey dib u heshishiisiinta, kan go’aansadey inuu dalka ku xukumo kaarayaal xabashi, si kasta oo uu isugu wareejiyey waardiyaal ka kooban calooshood u shaqeystayaal iyo kuwa tigree ah, waxaa muqaawamada u suurtagashey iney duqeeyaan sarta uu degen yahey, dagaal xooggana la galaan ciidamda ilaalada u ah, kuwaasoo ay dhamaatey mudadaii ay muqaawamadu u qabatey oo ku ekeyd galabtey 10:00 saac , halkaasoo khasaare dib laga soo faahfaahin doono loogu geystey.

Waxaa xusid mudan in waardiyaashiisii qaarkood ay dhabarka jeediyeen markii ay arkeen dhallinyarada hubeysan ee muqaawamada oo ku soo jeeda aqalka madaxtooyada, waxaanu leenahey calooshood u shaqeystayaasha inta goori goor tahey lafahiina badbaadiya, oo ka baxa hawlaha aad ku khiyaaneysaan shacabkiina iyo dhulkiina .

Waxaan dhammaan u bishaareynaa shacabka Soomaaliyeed in hawlgalada sanadka cusub ee hijriyada ay sii xoogeysan doonaan, mar dhowna magaalada Muqdisho ay ka dhici doonto dhacdo aad u weyn oo soo dhameyn doonta ama dhabarjab weyn ku noqota joogista ciidamada cadowga, darsina ay ku qaadan doonaan kuwa loo ololeynayo in la keeno dalkeena .

Government troops battled unidentified gunmen who attacked the Somali president's palace in central Mogadishu Friday night, spreading panic around the capital. A government spokesman said no one inside the presidential compound was injured in the attack.

The attackers fired three mortars into the presidential compound and then engaged guards in a 30-minute fire fight, residents living nearby said. Ethiopian and government troops riding tanks and heavily armed trucks rolled out of the compound and immediately sealed off the area. There were no initial reports of casualties outside the compound.

The president and prime minister were in Mogadishu, but their exact whereabouts were unclear.

Government spokesman Abdirahman Dinari said one shell hit the presidential palace, known as Villa Somalia, but that no one inside was injured or killed. He did not have any information about possible casualties outside the compound.

'Those who ambushed the presidential palace escaped, and this is a cowardly act intended to terrorize the public,' Dinari told The Associated Press. 'The culprits wanted to show that Mogadishu was not calm.'The government has invited African peacekeepers to help provide security in Somalia, but they are unlikely to come if fighting continues. African Union officials approved an 8,000-peacekeeper mission on Friday, but African nations have yet to promise that many troops.
Khadra Dahir Osman, who lives next to the presidential compound, which occupies a hill overlooking Mogadishu, said she fled to her brother's home, panic-stricken when the first mortar round fell and the fire fight began.

Dahir Adi Aden, who lives near the palace, said he saw 15 men armed with rifles and grenade launchers run past his home after the attack.

The majority of the guards at the palace are troops from Ethiopia, a neighbor often seen as a traditional rival of Somalia. They have been subject to several hit-and-run attacks by unidentified gunmen in recent weeks. Ethiopian forces rarely acknowledge to taking any casualties.

The internationally recognized government _ with key military backing from Ethiopia _ had managed to drive an Islamic movement that had challenged it for power out of Mogadishu and much of the rest of southern Somalia. But the potential for violence remains great because of clan rivalries, resentment of the government's Ethiopian backers and a threat of guerrilla war from remnants of the Islamic movement.

Earlier Friday, a man claiming to be a new spokesman for the radical Council of Islamic Courts said the group would continue to fight against Ethiopian troops inside Somalia using guerrilla tactics.

'We will never accept the presence of Ethiopian forces inside the country,' Sheik Mustafa told The AP. 'Ethiopia should withdraw its troops from the country.'

One resident of north Mogadishu said he had seen about 50 armed men walking through the streets wearing turbans similar to those worn by Islamic fighters. He asked not to be named because of fear of retribution.

Prime Minister Ali Mohamed Gedi arrived in Mogadishu Dec. 29, a day after the Islamic movement's fighters abandoned the capital. President Abdullahi Yusuf arrived Jan. 8. Since then, their government has struggled to restore order to a capital that has known little but chaos and violence for decades.