1,000 Islamists dead (according to ethiopian sources)[3] 800+ wounded[4]
400 killed (Islamists claim)[5]
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Battle of Baidoa (Africa)
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Battles
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Bandiradley
1st Beledweyne
Jowhar
Mogadishu (fall)
Jilib
1st Kismayo
Ras Kamboni
1st Mogadishu
Bargal
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3rd Mogadishu
Al-Hidayah Mosque
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Rise of the Islamic Courts Union
Mogadishu
Baidoa
The Battle of Baidoa began on 20 December 2006 when the Somali transitional federal government forces (TFG) allied with Ethiopian forces stationed there attacked advancing Islamic Courts Union (ICU) forces along with 500 alleged Eritrean troops and mujahideen arrayed against them.
The battle began with most reports depicting the government forces defecting and its position on the verge of collapse. The TFG, along with its allies in the Juba Valley Alliance (JVA), had certainly been on the retreat since the June offensives of the ICU. By the opening of the battle in December, Baidoa was invested with attacks coming in at least three directions.
Strong Ethiopian reinforcements rapidly changed the battle from one in which the TFG was on the defensive, through a strong series of counterattacks, to a decisive Ethiopian/TFG victory. Ethiopian armor, artillery, and air forces proved instrumental against the ICU's militia. The battle began the Ethiopian intervention against the ICU, in the 2006–2009 War in Somalia.
^Ethiopia admits Somalia offensive BBC
^Ryu, Alisha (25 December 2006). "Ethiopian Jets Bomb Airports in Somalia". Voice of America. Archived from the original on 2006-12-24. Retrieved 2007-01-01.
^"Up to 1,000 Somali Islamists dead". Archived from the original on 2008-10-10. Retrieved 2006-12-26.
^At least 800 war wounded in Somalia -Red Cross
^"Somalian militia says troops ready to launch attack against Ethiopian forces". Taipei Times. 24 December 2006. Retrieved 2007-01-01.
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