Somali rebels say to close down three U.N. agencies,Islamist militia raid three UN offices

MOGADISHU (Reuters) - Somalia's militant al Shabaab group said Monday it would shut down three United Nations agencies operating in the Horn of Africa nation as they were working against the establishment of an Islamic state.
Al Shabaab controls much of southern Somalia and parts of the capital Mogadishu. The group, which has links to al Qaeda, is fighting government troops and African Union peacekeepers to impose its own harsh version of sharia law throughout Somalia.
"As of July 20, 2009, a number of NGOs and foreign agencies currently operating in Somalia will be completely closed down and considered enemies of Islam and Muslims," al Shabaab said...more..http://www.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idUSTRE56J29520090720
Islamist militia raid three UN offices
Somalia’s hardline Ismamist Shebab militia raided the offices of three UN organisations hours after they banned their operations on the grounds they were "enemies of Islam and Muslims". The United Nations Development Programme, the UN Department of Safety and Security and the UN Political Office for Somalia, in the towns of Wajid and Baidoa, were targeted by the armed group.In response, the UN said it would temporarily suspend its humanitarian work in one of the two towns where the Islamists struck.United Nations official Rozanne Charlton told RFI that various equipment had been seized during the raids. "The significant problem for us is that amongst that equipment was radio equipment - and when we don't have radio communication in an emergency zone like Baidoa, we cannot continue outr operations," she said.
Interview: Rozanne Charlton, UN official.. more..http://www.rfi.fr/actuen/articles/115/article_4426.asp