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| Somalia PM: Shaboobs can be pushed out in 2016 | |
| 2015-10-03 | |
Somalia’s prime minister says the government wants to liberate all remaining territory held by the Islamic militant group al-Shabab in the coming year and have its own forces take over the country’s security from an African-led force in the next two to three years.
He said al-Shabab “has lost a lot of ground” and “we are the only country that consistently has decreased this radicalization.” Sharmarke said Al-Shabab carries out a major attack every two to three months, like the suicide bombing at the gate of Somalia’s presidential palace on Sept. 21, while in Iraq, Afghanistan and other hotspots there are sometimes several militant attacks a day. | |
| Posted by:Steve White |