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Additional Allied Forces Deployed In Mogadishu
 (SomaliNet) Somalias interim government has sped-up its security steps in the capital of Mogadishu to ensure the opening of the national reconciliation conference on Sunday as large number of Ethiopia and Somalia forces were deployed in all the areas in which the government sees as hotspots. Some key streets in north and south of the capital received heavily armed allied soldiers with armored vehicles and tanks where they search people and cars. The Somali soldiers were mainly brought from the military camps in the outskirts of the capital to bolster operations aimed to restore peace. An Ethiopian tank could be seen in almost every junction in the capital. Mohamed Mohyidin, the spokesman for Banadir authority told Somalinet that the new military step was to encourage the security and prevent any violent acts that might damage the opening of Sundays meeting. The ordinary people in Mogadishu are now growing concern over the additional deployment of soldiers in the city. People fear this might lead to war. I am very worried about the military movement in the capital, said Ali Olow, a local resident in Wardhigley district, south of the capital. On Friday, the insurgents in Mogadishu vowed to disrupt the peace meeting and kill anyone whose ambition is to attend what they called the misguided meeting. Posted by: 2007-07-15 |
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