Villa Somalia Under Attack

[Jacaylbaro]

Islamist attack on Somali presidency kills 14 civilians

 

 

MOGADISHU (AFP) – Somalia's Islamist insurgents launched a deadly attack on the presidential palace in Mogadishu even as the embattled president sought to drum up support at an international conference in Turkey.

 

At least 14 civilians were killed, dozens wounded and hundreds displaced by the fierce overnight fighting, officials and witnesses said Sunday.

 

Rebels from the Al Qaeda-inspired Shebab group fired salvos of mortar rounds and closed in on the presidential area even as the world was pledging renewed support to Somali President Sharif Sheikh Ahmed in Istanbul.

 

African Union troops stopped the insurgent advance and defended the shrivelled seaside perimetre housing Sharif's embattled government. The fighting had stopped by mid-afternoon.

 

"The number of civilians killed during the clashes overnight has reached 11 and it could be higher, because... militants using mortars attacked several other positions in southern Mogadishu," Mohamed Ali Idle, a Somali government security official, told AFP.

 

The victims included five members of the same family who were killed when a mortar shell smashed into their home, several witnesses told AFP.

 

At least three more civilians were killed in an exchange of mortar fire in the southern neighbourhoods of Holwadag and Black Sea, Ali Muse, head of Mogadishu's ambulance services told AFP, bringing the death toll to 14.

 

The Shebab offensive began when rebel units moved down from their bastions towards Kilometre Zero, a strategic crossroads leading towards the port and the presidential compound, according to witnesses and officials.

 

Major Ba-Hoku Barigye, spokesman for the African Union mission in Somalia (AMISOM), said the Shebab's progress required immediate action.

 

"People need to understand what our mandate is. We are here to protect the transitional federal institutions of Somalia and we also have red lines," he said.

 

This year alone hundreds of civilians have died in the crossfire as a result of both insurgent attacks and retaliatory fire by African Union or government forces.

 

Thousands have been killed in such incidents over the past three years and hundreds of thousands have been forced out of the city into crowded camps.

 

Residents and officials said hundreds of families were fleeing the worst-hit neighbourhoods on Sunday.

 

"Nobody can endure the heavy artillery and mortar shelling ravaging our neighbourhood. Many civilians have died already and if we don't leave, we'll just join the list of those killed in the crossfire," said Dahir Abdullahi Farey, a Shibis resident.

 

The Shebab, whose leaders have proclaimed their allegiance to Al-Qaeda chief Osama bin Laden, control most of southern and central Somalia but have failed to reach the well-protected presidential compound and topple Sharif.

 

The movement's top spokesman, Sheikh Ali Mohamoud Rage, claimed at a press briefing Sunday that Shebab fighters had killed dozens of government forces.

 

"Our fighters attacked several positions controlled by the apostate government soldiers. We killed dozens of them and took control of their barracks overnight," he said.

 

Another Shebab commander, Sheikh Mohamed Ibrahim, told AFP his forces were encircling government forces and expected to press on with their offensive on the presidential palace.

 

Although the security situation in Mogadishu -- one of the world's most dangerous cities -- made it difficult to obtain an independent assessment of the military situation, the insurgents appeared to have made some gains.

 

Sharif, a young moderate Islamist cleric, was elected in January 2009 but has since failed to assert his authority on the troubled Horn of Africa nation and to prevent the expansion of the Shebab.

 

The Somali president, who is also facing dissent within his own government, was in Istanbul for an international conference aimed at bolstering support for his transitional institutions and drafting a roadmap to peace.

 

On the opening day of the conference Saturday, UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon told delegates from 55 nations that "the only way to restore stability is to support this government in its reconciliation effort and its fight against extremism."

 

Sharif was due to leave Turkey Sunday and fly back to Mogadishu.

[Liibaan]

Tana ma ku farxasaa? jabka somalida miyaa ku raaxeesataa

 

Ninyahow iska dawee cudurka qabyaalada lafaha kaa galay, somalidiid meel kuma gaadhasid

[Jacaylbaro]

Somalia's Islamist insurgents launched a deadly attack on the presidential palace in Mogadishu

[Jacaylbaro]

Ciidamada Al Shabaab oo loogu baaqay duulaan ay ku qaadaan Madaxtooyada

 

 

Muqdisho: (Sh.M.Network) Wilaayada Xarakada Mujaahidiinta Al Shabaab ee gobolka Banaadir ayaa ugu baaqday ciidamada Xarakada Mujaahidiinta Al Shabaab inay isku diyaariyaan dagaal ay kula wareegayaan xarunta madaxtooyada ee Villa Soomaaliya.

 

Sheekh Cali Max’ed Xuseen oo ah waaliga wilaayada Xarakada Mujaahidiinta Al Shabaab oo Maanta saxaafada kula hadlayay agagaarka hogaansii hore ee nabad sugida ee waqooyiga Magaalada Muqdisho ayaa sheegay in uu ugu baaqayo dhamaan ciidamada Xarakada Mujaahidiinta Al Shabaab in ay isku diyaariyaan weerar ay ku qaadaan Xarunta madaxtooyada ee Villa Soomaaliya oo haatan ah goobta ay ku suganyihiin madaxda ugu sareysa dowladda KMG Soomaaliya.

 

Waaliga Xarakada Mujaahidiinta AL Shabaab ee gobolka Banaadir ayaa hadalkiisa waxaa uu intaasi ku daray in Ciidamada Xarakada Mujaahidiinta Al Shabaab maalmihii la soo dhaafay weeraro ay ku qabsadeen fariisimo cusub ee ay horayu ugu sugnaayeen ciidamada dowlada, isagoo carabka ku dhiftay in weeraradaasi weerarka xigana uu yahay mid ay ku qaadayaan xarunta madaxtooyada ee Villa Soomaaliya iyo goobaha kale ee ay ku suganyihiin ciidamada dowladda iyo kuwa AMISOM.

 

Sidoo kale waaliga Xarakada Mujaahidiinta AL Shabaab ee gobolka Banaadir ayaa waxaa uu sheegay in ciidamadoodu ay ku sunaayeen markii hore nawaaxiga hoteel golobal haatana ay ku suganyihiin deegaano kale oo ka fog fog oo ay kala wareegeen ciidamada dowlada KMG Soomaaliya kuwaasi oo maanta saxaafada reer Muqdisho ay geeyeen.

 

“Laga soo bilaabo hotel golobal iyo dhulka hogaankii nabad sugida oo hadda dadku ay u yaqaan guriga habar Qadiijo ilaahey waxaa uu ku soo celiyay gacanta muslimiinta waxaana la wareegay mujaahidiinta” ayuu yiri Sheekh Cali Max’ed Xuseen.

 

Waaliga wilaayada Xarakada Mujaahidiinta Al Shabaab ee gobolka Banaadir Sheekh Cali Max’ed Xuseen ayaa sidoo kale shirkiisa jaraa’id waxaa uu uga hadlay dayactirka Maamulka Xarakada Mujaahidiinta AL Shabaab ay ka wadaan qeybo ka mid ah wadada warshadaha ee Magaalada Muqdisho kaasi oo uu sheegay in haatan meel wanaagsan uu marayo.

 

Ugu dambeyntii ayaa xarakada Mujaahidiinta AL Shabaab waxa ay maanta saxaafada ku soo wareejiyaan fariisimo dhowr ah oo ay ciidamada Xarakada Mujaahidiinta Al Shabaab kula wareegeen dagaaladii ugu dambeeyay ee dhawaan ka dhacay waqooyiga Magaalada Muqdisho.

[Xaaji Xunjuf]

walahi axmed cabdi godane , biyo u kabban mayo vila somaliya , inay shirki turkiya ku casumeen bay ahayd mala somalia xal ba lo heli laha