Somalia: American Choppers bombard Bulamarer town

Mogadishu Monday 14 Sep 2009 Shaaficiyah

Helicopters having the sign of the American flag at the fin have bombarded Bulamarer town in the lower Shabelle region in southern Somalia some 120km south east of the Somali capital Mogadishu on Monday afternoon.

“I cannot actually say the number of the helicopters, which have raided because when I heard their scary sounds they have shocked me, and the rest of the inhabitants in the district, and we all ran for cover, in fact I cannot assure the casualties, but there are fatality in the air raid” said Hassan Mukhtar a resident in Bulamarer district speaking to Somaliweyn radio.

The Americans have some years back bombarded in some refuge camps in the border between Somalia and Kenya and in the thick Jungles of Kudha in the lower Juba region tracing for the insurgents.

Mohammed Omar Hussein