Yusuf, a 42-year-old man from Kismayo who went to Mogadishu during Ramadan, told Human Rights Watch: "Al-Shabaab attacks from areas where civilians are. They come to the neighborhood, mount their mortars, shoot, and leave. [Some] run away and some others just hide in the community. When AMISOM's response comes, there's nobody from al- Discount Tiffany Pendants there anymore."Residents told Human Rights Watch that the peacekeepers typically respond to the attacks with a sustained barrage of heavy artillery, used indiscriminately. Muktar Barre Aden, a 43-year-old bus driver from the Huruwe area in Mogadishu, said: "Both sides attack civilians...but the main problem is AMISOM. They're shelling too much; they're just bombing from their bases. What strategy is that?"
Other witnesses said that the peacekeepers responded with rockets and mortars even toward populated areas where there was no evident military objective. Areas inside the Bakara Market Discount Tiffany Rings have been repeatedly hit include the fruit and vegetable area, the bus station, the gold area, the clothes area, and the money exchange area - all with heavy civilian traffic. The laws of war prohibit deliberate attacks on civilians and civilian property, as well as attacks where the anticipated loss of civilian life is disproportionate to the expected military gain.A 30-year-old Discount Tiffany Sets from Bakara Market said: "During Ramadan the worst days were the 21st, 27th, and 29th days [August 31, September 6, and September 8]. There was a lot of firing into Bakara.
Al-Shabaab hit targets directly, but AMISOM hit public places, especially the bus and parking at the market. I lived in the center of the market. This was the worst place. The parking lot of the market and the bus station and the place gold was sold were all hit the worst."Human Rights Watch also received reports that the peacekeepers shelled areas under al-Shabaab Discount Tiffany Watches intensively and indiscriminately in the aftermath of the July 11 attacks in Kampala. A 37-year-old merchant in Bakara Market from the Bar Huba area in Mogadishu told Human Rights Watch: "The day after [Kampala] they [AMISOM] fired upon the Bakara Market and Bar Huba. It was non-stop shelling for 24 hours. From that day, [AMISOM] started targeting civilians more and more."
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