Wed, 10 Feb 2010
Mogadishu (Earth Times) - Hundreds of heavily armed Islamist insurgents are pouring into the Somali capital Mogadishu, witnesses said Wednesday, amid reports the government is ready to launch a major offensive. Insurgent group al-Shabaab, which recently announced it was joining al-Qaeda's international jihad, is pushing to oust the weak Western-backed government and controls much of Mogadishu and south and central Somalia.
"Hundreds of Al-Shabaab forces are passing us towards Mogadishu in their armored vehicles," Maslah Afrah Elmi, a resident in Afgooye District, told the German Press Agency.
The weak Western-backed government is also building up forces on the streets of Mogadishu as it prepares to try and win back ground from the insurgents.
Residents said they saw government soldiers with new technicals - 4x4s mounted with machine guns - in the capital
"The situation in Mogadishu is not normal, I can see that both sides are preparing to fight," Sucdi Farah Ali, a mother of three, told...
Mogadishu (Earth Times) - Hundreds of heavily armed Islamist insurgents are pouring into the Somali capital Mogadishu, witnesses said Wednesday, amid reports the government is ready to launch a major offensive. Insurgent group al-Shabaab, which recently announced it was joining al-Qaeda's international jihad, is pushing to oust the weak Western-backed government and controls much of Mogadishu and south and central Somalia.
"Hundreds of Al-Shabaab forces are passing us towards Mogadishu in their armored vehicles," Maslah Afrah Elmi, a resident in Afgooye District, told the German Press Agency.
The weak Western-backed government is also building up forces on the streets of Mogadishu as it prepares to try and win back ground from the insurgents.
Residents said they saw government soldiers with new technicals - 4x4s mounted with machine guns - in the capital
"The situation in Mogadishu is not normal, I can see that both sides are preparing to fight," Sucdi Farah Ali, a mother of three, told...
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