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Conflict Between TFG-Ethiopian and UIC Forces in Bay Region, Somalia
20 Dec 2006
Source: UNOSAT
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This map provides an overview of the current conflict between the Union of 
Islamic Courts (UIC), and the Transitional Federal Government (TFG) and allied Ethiopian forces from 1 November to 18 December 2006 in the Somali Region of Bay. Fighting and other event locations have 
been taken exclusively from public media sources and have not been independently verified. 
<br/><br/>Map production: UNOSAT (19 December 2006) 
<br/>Projection: UTM Zone 38 N 
<br/>Datum: WGS 1984 
<br/>Map scale: 1:350,000 for A2 size printout
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This map provides an overview of the current conflict between the Union of Islamic Courts (UIC), and the Transitional Federal Government (TFG) and allied Ethiopian forces from 1 November to 18 December 2006 in the Somali Region of Bay. Fighting and other event locations have been taken exclusively from public media sources and have not been independently verified.

Map production: UNOSAT (19 December 2006)
Projection: UTM Zone 38 N
Datum: WGS 1984
Map scale: 1:350,000 for A2 size printout
GIS Data: GIST, NGA, UNOSAT, SWALIM
News Sources: Shabelle Media Network (SMN), Garowe Online (GO), SomaliNet (SN), East African Standard (EAS), The Nation (Nairobi), Reuters, ReliefWeb, BBC, AP, AFP, IRIN and Aljazeera.
Somalia - This map provides an overview of the current conflict between the Union of Islamic Courts (UIC), and the Transitional Federal Government (TFG) and allied Ethiopian forces from 1 November to 18 December 2006 in the Somali Region of Bay. Fighting and other event locations have been taken exclusively from public media sources and have not been independently verified.

Map production: UNOSAT (19 December 2006)
Projection: UTM Zone 38 N
Datum: WGS 1984
Map scale: 1:350,000 for A2 size printout
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Somalia's President Abdullahi Yusuf Ahmed speaks to Reuters during an interview in his Nairobi residence in this August 21, 2005 file photo. Three wily old soldiers who know each other only too well from years at the heart of conflict and power-play across the Horn of Africa are once again pitting their military wits in the Somalia war. Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles Zenawi, his ally Somali President Abdullahi Yusuf, and their mutual arch-foe -- Somali Islamist leader Sheikh Hassan Dahir Aweys -- are the key players in a flare-up many fear could spread across the region.