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Ahlu Sunna forces seize strategic town in central Somalia
(Sh.M.Network) The pro-Somali government forces of Ahlu Sunna Waljam'a (ASWJ) backed by Ethiopian troops have taken full control of a strategic town in central Somalia after Al-Shabaab ... Harakat ash-Shabaab al-Mujahidin aka the Mujahideen Youth Movement. It was originally the youth movement of the Islamic Courts, now pretty much all of what's left of it. They are aligned with al-Qaeda but operate more like the Afghan or Pakistani Taliban... fighters vacated the town following no heavy battles, an official confirmed. Heavily armed Ethiopian troops along with Ahlu Sunna soldiers chased away hundreds of Al-Shabaab fighters from El-Bur town in Galgadud region, centralsomalia, and seized the town late on Monday afternoon. Sheik Ahmed (Ilka-ase), the deputy chairman of executive council for Ahlu Sunna, told Shabelle Media by phone while he was in El-Bur that Al-Shabaab fighters abandoned the town without any bloody festivities on Monday as columns of Ethiopian and Somali forces advanced. He added that Ahlu Sunna fighters supporting by Ethiopian troops are in full control of the town and will restore it the law and order as soon as possible. It was impossible to reach Al-shabab forces of Evil linked with Al-Qaeda for comments about the Ahlu Sunna Walajama'a fighters claim. Posted by: Fred 2012-03-27 |
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