...... al-Qaeda's tentacle in East Africa...hard boys.
Gedo’s regional administration front man, Ali Yussuf Abdullahi, said the Æthiopian troops have been crossing in the border since last month and established bases in and around Dolow town.
Ali Juba, speaking to Radio Shabelle said the troops are preparing to join current war on al-Shabaab which the neighbouring countries will be involved at the request of Somali government.
Addis Ababa is on alert since last year after the terrorist group’s new attacks in the border areas with Bakool region, where Somali regional Liyu police are protecting.
Asked whether the federal government of Somalia knew about the arrival of Æthiopia’s fresh non-African Union
...a union consisting of 53 African states, most run by dictators of one flavor or another. The only all-African state not in the AU is Morocco. Established in 2002, the AU is the successor to the Organisation of African Unity (OAU), which was even less successful...
mission troops in the region, he replied by saying that the government knew the troops were coming to fight the hard boy group.
The Æthiopian troop deployment in Somalia comes after the Æthiopian military said its security forces killed more than 800 al-Shabaab fighters in response to a rare cross-border attack.
The Æthiopian military increased their presence at border points following Late last year attack which, hundreds of al-Shabaab fighters crossed the border with Æthiopia and clashed with specially trained counterterrorism forces known as the Liyu police.