Tuesday, January 13, 2009

ICU takes over security of vacated bases of the Ethiopian troops in Mogadishu

MOGADISHU -Sheik Hassan Osman known as (Mahdi), a member of the Islamic Courts Union the wing led by Dr. Omar Iman Abubakar has said on Tuesday they have taken the security over the vacated military bases of the Ethiopian troops in the Somali capital Mogadishu last night(Monday). Sheik Hassan Mahdi told Shabelle radio they have taken those areas over to keep the security of that places which the Ethiopian soldiers moved and said that they handed over Hayle Bairse building to the people who belonged it. Asked about whether there is power struggle with the other Islamist insurgents, Sheik Hassan Mahdi said that there is no difference between the Somali Islamist insurgents and mentioned that all Islamist forces are in the areas where the troops left and he added they would handle the situation of the bases in north Mogadishu which the Ethiopian troops vacated. The statement of Sheik Hassan Osman (Mahdi) comes as the Ethiopian troops moved from the former Spaghetti factory, Hayle Barise building, Carafat neighbourhood and Towfiq intersection, all bases of Ethiopian troops in north Mogadishu on Tuesday night.north Mogadishu is Habar Gidir i part of the city.. Somali capital of Mogadishu fell to the forces of the Hawiye dominated USC in January 1991. Honourable Somali President Mohamed Siad Barre fled Mogadishu ...When the civil war erupted, the USC (Hawiye rebel group) went on a quest of onslaught against innocenent Darod civilians in mogadishu . estimated 15,000 unarmed darod civilians were killed,mostly women and children On January 26, 1991, the USC stormed the presidential palace in Mogadishu, ...... were burned to the ground, and tens of thousands of people were massacred, hawiye's are finally paying for what they did in 1991. killing thousands of darood,Only armed cars were on the streets. In areas that the Hawiye already controlled, gunmen were going door to door rounding up Darod men, woman, children.strategic points in the city. The sprawling suburbs of. west and northwest Mogadishu became strongholds of. Hawiye-based resistance ,Mogadishu by now had become a city of torture and murder, ... Fighting eventually broke out between the competing factions within the Hawiye ...Mogadishu has become so dangerous since Islamists were ousted in 2006 that the majority .... The Hawiye backed the warlords who first controlled the city, ...abgaal and habar gidir, 2 subclans of hawiye, have destroyed the city ,As the city descended into complete anarchy, looting became a way of life ,Mogadishu , the capital of Somalia, is a city living a clandestine nightmare ... In that year Hawiye militia burned, raped and killed any person of Darood ...Mogadishu, the capital of Somalia, is a city living a clandestine ... every one of these belongs to only one Somali tribe (hawiye)

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