Galgala is a town in

Bari Bari ( , ; nap, label= Barese, Bare ; lat, Barium) is the capital city of the Metropolitan City of Bari and of the Apulia region, on the Adriatic Sea, southern Italy. It is the second most important economic centre of mainland Southern Ital ...

region of

Somalia Somalia, , Osmanya script: 𐒈𐒝𐒑𐒛𐒐𐒘𐒕𐒖; ar, الصومال, aṣ-Ṣūmāl officially the Federal Republic of SomaliaThe ''Federal Republic of Somalia'' is the country's name per Article 1 of thProvisional Constitut ...

. The town has ancient markings of religious symbols and

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es and ancient remains of a

cairn A cairn is a man-made pile (or stack) of stones raised for a purpose, usually as a marker or as a burial mound. The word ''cairn'' comes from the gd, càrn (plural ). Cairns have been and are used for a broad variety of purposes. In prehi ...

s which commonly found in

Sanaag Sanag ( so, Sanaag, ar, سَنَاج) is an administrative region ('' gobol'') in north eastern Somaliland.Regions o ...

and

Bari, Somalia Bari ( so, Bari, ar, باري) is an administrative region ('' gobol'') in northeastern Somalia.⁹ Overview It is bordered by Sool and Sanaag to the west, Nugal to the south, the Gulf of Aden to the north and the Guardafui Channel to the e ...

regions.

Galgala Campaign

The Galgala campaign started on 24 July 2010 when militants led by notorious arms dealer and Al Shabaab operative,

Mohamed Said Atom Sheikh Mohamed Said Atom ( so, Sheekh Maxamed Siciid Atom, ar, محمد سعيد اتوم) is a Somali people, Somali Arms trafficking, arms-smuggler, faction leader and Al-Shabaab (militant group), al-Shabaab commander. On 7 June 2014, Atom surr ...

attacked a checkpoint in the town of Karin, just south of commercial town of

Bosaaso Bosaso ( so, Boosaaso, ar, بوصاصو), historically known as Bender Cassim is a city in the northeastern Bari province ('' gobol'') of Somalia. It is the seat of the Bosaso District. Located on the southern coast of the Gulf of Aden, the muni ...

. Puntland Security Forces responded by attacking the main base of Atom's militants in Galgala on 13 August 2010. The campaign culminated by 31 October 2010.

References

External links

laasqoray.netmaakhir.netgalgalanews.comSomali Public Radio
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