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Africa Horn
Mogadishu rival sides regroup for fresh battle
2006-05-16
Amid the fighting in north Mogadishu for the past six days that has subsided, there is fear that fresh gun-battle might erupt on the road between Mogadishu and Afgoie district of lower Shabelle region in south Somalia, where militia of warlords had yesterday erected roadblocks to undermine the activities what they called ‘terrorist suspects’ in Somalia. Local radio stations report that Abdi Qeybdid, member of alliance for restoration of peace and counter terrorism and a former police chief in the country's capital, has recently been setting up roadblocks and checking all cars coming into and out of Mogadishu as hundreds of people try to flee the violence. Sources close to Col Qeybdid say the move was an apparent attempt to beef up his forces and sluggish the supply lines of the Islamist militia.

Militia of Islamic courts are reported to have been deployed on the same road where QeybdidÂ’s militia had set up blockades and fresh fighting are feared to be flared up there. Witnesses told Somalinet both rival parts are regrouping and preparing for fresh battle but this might decrease the hope of ceasefire as local clan elders are now working on ending the conflict, which was the worst and bloodiest for a decade.
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