Ethiopian tanks roll to Somali battlefront
Ethiopian tanks rolled to the battlefront on Friday as Somali Islamists and pro-government troops pounded each other with artillery and rockets in a fourth day of clashes edging closer to all-out war.
The Islamists said they would send ground troops to attack en masse on Saturday, as opposed to fighting from a distance with heavy weapons as they have been doing so far.
"Our troops have not started to attack. From tomorrow the attack will start," Islamist deputy spokesman Ibrahim Shukri told a news conference.
For all latest news, follow The Daily Star's Google News channel. Witnesses near the fighting on two fronts near the government's encircled stronghold of Baidoa said they heard the rumble of armor before dawn.
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