Galgala

Galgala

Galgala

Place in Somalia

Galgala is a town in Bari region of Somalia. The town has ancient markings of religious symbols and crosses and ancient remains of a cairns which commonly found in Sanaag and Bari, Somalia regions.[2][citation needed]

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This article is about the Galgala in Somalia. For the archeological site also known as Galgala in Israel, see Gilgal.

Galgala Campaign

Main article: Galgala campaign

The Galgala campaign started on 24 July 2010 when militants led by notorious arms dealer and Al Shabaab operative,[3] Mohamed Said Atom attacked a checkpoint in the town of Karin,[4] just south of commercial town of Bosaaso. Puntland Security Forces responded by attacking the main base of Atom's militants in Galgala on 13 August 2010.[5] The campaign culminated by 31 October 2010.[6]

References

  1. [1]
    "Somalia: North-East and central regions" (PDF). Retrieved 2022-04-02.
  2. [2]
    Cairn
  3. [3]
    "Security Council Committee on Somalia and Eritrea Issues List of Individuals". Retrieved 2011-05-21.
  4. [4]
    "allAfrica.com: Somalia: Al Shabaab And Galgala Militants Deny Each Other". Archived from the original on 2010-08-02.
  5. [5]
    "allAfrica.com: Somalia: Clashes Restart in Galgala in Puntland". Archived from the original on 2012-10-19.
  6. [6]
    "allAfrica.com: Somalia: Troops Seize 'Last Insurgent Outpost' in Galgala - Puntland General". Archived from the original on 2010-10-24.

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