Mogadishu: Sharif Ahmed the Mujahidin deliver for the people..

[General Duke]

The man who "liberated" reer Mogadishu

Somali troops demolish homes near Mogadishu airport

 

About half the population of Mogadishu have fled their homes

Somali security agents have demolished some 500 houses near the airport in the capital, Mogadishu, amid concerns they could be used as cover for an attack.

 

A BBC reporter says hundreds of people were sitting in the open in the Afisoyoni suburb, saying they had nowhere else to go.

 

Mogadishu's mayor has said the makeshift homes could be used by militants from the al-Shabab group.

 

The airport is one of the few areas run by the UN-backed government.

 

Al-Shabab controls much of southern Somalia.

 

The BBC's Mohammed Olad Hassan in Mogadishu says most Afisoyoni residents have already fled fighting in other parts of the city.

 

The government says it will provide land for those whose homes have been destroyed.

 

But our reporter says there is no evidence of this.

 

He says the airport has come under attack several times in the past - but never from this suburb.

 

Mayor Abdurisaq Mohamed Nor ordered the homes to be demolished earlier this week.

 

About half of Mogadishu's residents have fled their homes after two decades of conflict.

[General Duke]

boy sits with his family's belongings after they were told to vacate there house in Mogadishu, Somalia, Thursday, March 25, 2010. Witnesses say hundreds of poor Somali families are being forcibly evicted from their homes near the airport. Police spokesman Abdulahi Hassan Barise says the plan will continue until threats to Mogadishu's main airport are eliminated. The targeted area was a former air force base and is about 100 yards (meters) from the airport's fence. Human rights groups say the families _ who squatted the idle land _ have no place to go. Somalia's fragile government is battling Islamists who usually fire mortars from residential areas. (AP Photo)

[General Duke]

Families with their children and belongings wait for transport after she was told to vacate her house in Mogadishu,Somalia, Thursday, March 25, 2010. Witnesses say hundreds of poor Somali families are being forcibly evicted from their homes near the airport. Police spokesman Abdulahi Hassan Barise says the plan will continue until threats to Mogadishu's main airport are eliminated. The targeted area was a former air force base and is about 100 yards (meters) from the airport's fence. Human rights groups say the families _ who squatted the idle land _ have no place to go. Somalia's fragile government is battling Islamists who usually fire mortars from residential areas. (AP Photo)

[General Duke]

Belongings lie on the ground after families were told to vacate their houses in Mogadishu, Somalia, Thursday, March 25, 2010. Witnesses say hundreds of poor Somali families are being forcibly evicted from their homes near the airport. Police spokesman Abdulahi Hassan Barise says the plan will continue until threats to Mogadishu's main airport are eliminated. The targeted area was a former air force base and is about 100 yards (meters) from the airport's fence. Human rights groups say the families _ who squatted the idle land _ have no place to go. Somalia's fragile government is battling Islamists who usually fire mortars from residential areas. (AP Photo)

[General Duke]

Somalia: Al-Shabab Destroys Grave of Well-Known Somali Cleric in Mogadishu

 

MOGADISHU, Somalia — Witnesses say Somalia's al-Qaida-linked militant group is exhuming the remains of a revered moderate cleric in the capital to stop people from worshipping him.

 

Al-Shabab official Ali Mohamed Hussein says Tuesday his group dug up Sheik Mohyadin Eli's grave in Mogadishu because people seeking blessings visit the tomb for spiritual purposes.

 

Witness Hassan Da'ud says the cleric's 30-year-old remains were stuffed into sacks.

 

Al-Shabab has prohibited adoring tombs and destroyed idolized tombs in areas under its control over the last couple of years.

 

The group espouses a strict interpretation of Islam. Many Somalis observe a relatively moderate form of Islam that allows the veneration of respected saints

[General Duke]

The holly warriors of Somalia

[Mr. Somalia]

 

[Mr. Somalia]

laughing @ "The holly warriors of Somalia" ..lol, classic walahi.

 

Talk about the wonderful benefits of the GREAT JIHAD, eh?

[Haatu]

They were a liability living there. I don't mean to sound harsh here, but anyone could sneak in and bomb any plane that lands in Aaden Cadde.

 

Plus, according to the DC of Xamar Jajab, they've been provided with an alternative place to live.