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| Mog businesses to hand over weapons |
| 2007-04-29 |
| (SomaliNet) The business committee for Mogadishu, the capital has accepted that the business community should hand over their weapons to the transitional government within 36 hours in return, the government will guarantee the safety and security of their property, a top security official said on Saturday. General Abdi Hassan Awale known as ‘Qeybdid’ the new police commander in Somalia said the government security officials have had intensive talks with the business board in Mogadishu over protecting the properties in Bakara market from looting. “We have agreed on certain points including that all security staff for the business companies in Bakara market should be registered to take part in establishing the security and protect ing against any violence,” said Qeybdid while talking to the reporters after the meeting. The representatives of the business people in Bakara market expressed their readiness to work with the government in stabilizing the city. The meeting came when business centers including Coca-Cola Company have gone under looting. It was for the first time that Mogadishu business leaders met with top security officials since the TFG relocated Mogadishu early this year. Bakara is the biggest open air market in Somalia since the collapse of former regime of Mohamed Siad Barre in 1991. Meanwhile key streets in Mogadishu have been reopened today as people were visiting their abandoned houses. Soldiers with government uniform could be seen on the main roads in the capital checking up all cars for weapons and suspects. This was major crack down operations against the remnants of the ousted Islamists. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #2 Because they haven't been the first line of defense. |
| Posted by: Pappy 2007-04-29 21:05 |
| #1 Why would you want your first line of defense unarmed? |
| Posted by: Redneck Jim 2007-04-29 17:11 |