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Insecurity rages in Islamist abandoned areas
Mogadishu 27, Dec.06 ( Sh.M.Network) Insecurity problems have escalated in Baledweyn and Abbudwaq, the main towns of Hiran and Galagadud provinces, central Somalia.
Already pining for the good old days of law and order with the Islamists.
A group of militias in Abudwaq has raged insecurity problems, setting up checkpoints in the town. Witnesses said the militias have opened gunfire indiscriminately at town, endangering the lives of ordinary people in the town.

The ICU fighters have fled run away ran like rabbits abandoned Abudwaq after they feared attacks from the Ethiopian troops that now took control of all Middle Shabelle and central provinces in the country, reportedly heading for the capital, Mogadishu.

Residents in Baledweyn say that they are mugged at the nights by groups of robbers armed with AK 47 rifles and pistols.

Residents in Jawhar have welcomed the arrival of government militias, witnesses reported. Early in the morning, people were fleeing their homes to the capital Mogadishu in fear of the escalating war.

Shabelle reporter in Jawhar Nor Bukhari said many people in the town were rejoicing the return of Mohammed Dheere, a former warlord who controlled Jawhar before Islamist fighters evicted him. People who owned small cinemas and those who traded in Khad, a narcotic stimulant leaf, shouted they were finally pleased to reopen their business to earn their daily bread.
Posted by: Steve White 2006-12-28
http://www.rantburg.com/poparticle.php?ID=176314