Sheik Aweys, a prominent Somali cleric and one of key founders of the Islamic courts in Mogadishu now conducts plans to regroup his Islamic militiamen after fierce street battles with militia of warlords in the capital leaving more casualties amongthe civilians. Last week, Sheik Hassan Dahir Aweys has paid instant visit to Beledwein town, capital of Hiran province in central Somalia, where he was buying ten armoured vehicles with no engines from Hawadle clan; each costs of $5,000 to enforce his militiamen in Mogadishu, as one of the dominant clans in the region, as the weekly local journal of National Post published on Monday. The journal reports the armoured vehicles were loaded on N3 Fait lorries and heading to Somali capital Mogadishu, where the rival militias of Islamic courtsÂ’ union and those of warlords are battling for the city control. | I wonder if he expects to put engines in them, or if he's going to use them as bunkers? |
After the clashes in Sisi area in north Mogadishu, which was the bloodiest in the capital for decade, both rival parts regroup for fresh battle but this time the third round of clashes feared that it might erupt in southern suburb of Mogadishu. Islamic courts in Mogadishu who Washington blames it for harbouring international terrorist suspects, vowed earlier to rule the war torn country with Islamic Sharia law after years of warlordsÂ’ rule that divided the country (Somalia) into fiefdoms.