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?"
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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."
Human Rights Watch research indicated that both al-Shabaab and the peacekeepers had intensified attacks in late 2010, killing and wounding hundreds of civilians through the indiscriminate use of heavy artillery, mortars, and rockets in populated areas."The fighting in Mogadishu has provoked massive numbers of people to flee the city in recent months," Peligal said. "But the Discount Tiffany Keys of the poor remain in the city, with nowhere to go, no access to basic services, and they suffer constantly from the ongoing conflict."Indiscriminate Attacks by All PartiesBoth sides conducted indiscriminate bombardments of populated areas from May to November that resulted in scores of civilian casualties. Witnesses told Human Rights Watch that civilians in Mogadishu were trapped between the "
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Many people interviewed by Human Rights Watch described a consistent pattern: al-Shabaab would launch one or two rockets or fire a mortar round at transitional government and peacekeeping positions within or near populated areas under their control, prompting a sustained bombardment with mortars and rockets by the peacekeepers and transitional Discount Tiffany Notes forces. These heavy bombardments of civilian areas have provoked the repeated displacement of residents.Witnesses said that after launching their attacks, al-Shabaab fighters would immediately leave the area in vehicles or hide among the civilians. People described this kind of operation taking place in the districts of Hodan, Halwadaag, Wardighley, al-Ashabya, K-13, Bar Huba, and Bakara Market.
"The world has for too long ignored the appalling cost to civilians of the fighting in Mogadishu," said Rona Peligal, deputy Africa director at Human Rights Watch. "An international commission of inquiry is urgently needed to investigate war crimes committed in Somalia by all sides."Al-Shabaab forces have also been responsible for targeted killings of people Discount Tiffany Bracelets linked to the transitional government, the forced recruitment of children, and abuses against civilians under their control.Mogadishu has been wracked by conflict since late 2006, when an Ethiopian military intervention ousted a coalition of Islamic courts from power. Although Ethiopian forces withdrew from the city by January 2009, insurgents continue to fight the transitional government and its supporters.
In May 2010 the armed opposition - including al-Shabaab and Hizbul Islam insurgents - began a new offensive to topple the TFG, which is recognized internationally. The transitional government controls only a few areas of Mogadishu. It is backed by more than 8,000 peacekeeping troops from the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM), and Ahlu Sunna Wal Discount Tiffany Cuff Links militias, a moderate Somali Islamic group erratically allied to the transitional government.The offensive heightened over the Islamic month of Ramadan in August and September, Discount Tiffany Earrings al-Shabaab called for a "final offensive" to oust the transitional government, shortly after al-Shabaab claimed responsibility for the July 11 bombings in Kampala, Uganda. Al-Shabaab claimed the bombings,
which killed 76 people and wounded 70 others, were in response to Uganda's leading political and military role in the Somalia peacekeeping force.Tens of thousands of civilians fled the city between May and Discount Tiffany Key Rings due to repeated, indiscriminate attacks of rocket and mortar fire by all parties to the conflict, and other abuses.The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) reported on January 27, 2011, that the two hospitals it supports in Mogadishu received a record number of patients in 2010, including about 2,300 women and children with war-related injuries.In November, Human Rights Watch interviewed 82 refugees from Mogadishu who had fled the offensive since May and sought refuge in the Daadab refugee camp in northern Kenya.
Hong Kong opened a coroner's inquest into eight tourists' deaths last year in a bus hijacking in the Philippines that shocked the wealthy Chinese territory, where doubts linger about the outcome of Manila's investigation.India's inflation slowed slightly in January to 8.23% from 8.43% in December but economists said it wouldn't be enough of a drop to reduce pressure on Discount Paloma Picasso central bank to further hike interest rates.Human Rights Watch research indicated that both al-Shabaab and the peacekeepers had intensified attacks in late 2010, killing and wounding hundreds of civilians through the indiscriminate use of heavy artillery, mortars, and rockets in populated areas. Witnesses told Human Rights Watch that civilians in Mogadishu were trapped between the "
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First time vendors Charlotte Flemmings and Maria Rodriguez took in and enjoyed their first experience. The 23-year-old Hemmings said she usually takes her unwanted cloths to either Buffalo Exchange or Plato's Atlas toggle bracelet but found that she could make more money purchasing a flea market table."I can make more money here than exchanging my clothes for store credit or 20 percent of its valued price," she said. "My grandmother first encouraged me to go to a flea market when I was little. I've done pretty good. I also bought some vintage earrings that are hard to come by."Rodriguez said it gives someone a chance to better their entrepieneur skills. One man's trash is another man's treasure," she said.
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South Philadelphias knowhow to spot an eye-catching bargain. This was evident when many of these shoppers braved the balmy Saturday afternoon on Sept 25 to come out to a neighborhood flea market There they perused and purchased merchandise ranging from jewelry and vintage doming to sports memorabilia and various trinkets.Over 100 vendors and Elsa Peretti Open Heart bracelet drew in those who flocked to the Jefferson Square Flea Market at 4th and Washington Avenue from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Event coordinators posted flyers throughout the neighborhood and advertisements in the mail as well as over the internet to promote the buy and sell festivities. Their efforts paid off since the turnout was strong.
Fifty three-year-old Toni Soprano organized the event Soprano first coordinated a flea market at Jefferson Square in 2008. She used the profits from the event to aid the newly remodeled park."I get great Flower charm bracelet from organizing the flea markets," said Soprano. "I get a chance to meet people from all walks of life. People have come to depend on flea markets to subsidize their income in these tough economic times."South Philadelphia native Armando Press, a 15-year flea market veteran, said flea markets are a good way to get rid of things one no longer wants Tiffany Cushion Toggle bracelet another person my need. Press sold old-school music that included Luther Vandross, Bob Marley, Aretha Franklin and Vanessa Williams. Throughout the event one heard him yelling, "Classics! Nothing but the Classics!" to attract customers.
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