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Somali al-Shabab pledges to fight against pirates |
2008-05-19 |
Following heavily armed islamist fighters seizing Harar dhere town in Mudug region central Somalia on Sunday they have publicized a new campaign against the pirates: residents confirmed. The government troops that were in the town have pulled out after they received reports saying that the islamists have came into the town. One of the islamist’s commanders arrived in Harardhere who delivered speech to the residents of the town have acknowledged that they would fight against the pirates recurrently hijack the ships arriving in Somali coasts. “We will not absolve the pirates and those associated to them, in the name of Allah we will behead them if they come in our hand” one Alshabab commander told the crowds turned out in the town center when the fighters arrived in. They have also told that they would remove the road blocks in Mudug region. Some residents told Mareeg online that the fighters have headed to other areas in the region after they drove out from Harardhere. |
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