BREAKING NEWS: Ethiopian troops seize control of key central Somalia town

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BBC: Ethiopia 'seizes' town in Somalia

 

AL Jazeera: Ethiopian troops enter Somali town

 

AFP: Ethiopian forces drive Islamist rebels from Somali town

 

Reuters: Ethiopian troops enter key Somali town, locals say

 

TransWorldNews: Ethiopian Troops Reportedly Seize Control of Strategic Town in Somalia

 

Associated Press: Ethiopia troops chase Somali Islamists out of town

 

Ethiopia 'seizes' town in Somalia

By Will Ross

BBC News, Nairobi

 

Ethiopian soldiers in Mogadishu

Ethiopian troops ousted Islamist forces from Mogadishu in 2006

 

Ethiopian troops have seized control of a strategic town in Somalia, eyewitnesses say.

 

Belet Wayne is near the Ethiopian border and the Ethiopian troops are reported to have taken control of the town without a fight.

 

Ethiopian troops intervened in Somalia in 2006 and removed Islamists from power. They officially left Somalia in January as part of a peace deal.

 

The Ethiopian government has denied that their troops have returned.

 

In recent months, there have been frequent reports that the Ethiopian soldiers are back.

 

While eyewitnesses say they have taken control of the town of Belet Wayne, this has been denied by the government spokesman in Addis Ababa, Bereket Simon.

 

Rebellion fears

 

Christian Ethiopia does not want hardline Islamist insurgents in charge of territory near the common border.

 

It fears that this could fuel the rebellion in the ****** region of Ethiopia which is inhabited by ethnic Somalis.

 

Recently there were reports that a large number of Ethiopian soldiers had entered Somalia at a time when Islamist forces had taken control of part of Belet Wayne.

 

Eyewitnesses say that as the Ethiopians moved in the Islamist troops left the town without a fight.

 

In 2006, Ethiopia invaded Somalia and defeated the Islamists who had seized control of much of the country.

 

This caused a great deal of resentment in Somalia and helped the Islamists gain support.

 

They returned with a more extremist agenda and in recent months have been fighting the interim government for control of the country - a conflict which has forced more than a million people to flee their homes.

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Hiiraan Online: Ciidamo Itoobiyaan ah oo ay wehliyaan kuwa Dowladda Soomaaliya oo saaka la wareegay ammaanka guud ahaan Magaalada Beledweyne.

 

Ciidamo Itoobiyaan ah oo ay wehliyaan kuwa Dowladda Soomaaliya oo saaka la wareegay ammaanka guud ahaan Magaalada Beledweyne.

 

Sabti, 29, Aug, 2009 (HOL) Ciidamo Itoobiyaan ah oo aad u hubeysan oo ay wehliyaan kuwa Dowladda Soomaaliya ayaa saakay waabarigii hore la wareegay dhamaan gacan ku heynta ammaanka guud ee Magaalada Beledweyne, gaar ahaan Xaafadda Howl-wadaag ee Galbeedka Magaalada oo ay gacanta ku hayeen xoogagga ka soo horjeeda Dowladda Soomaaliya.

 

Ciidamada Itoobiya ayaa fariismo ka sameystay Labada Buundo ee Magaalada, Saldhiga Baliiska halka Ciidamada Dowladda Soomaaliya oo ku hubeysan gaadiidka dagaalka u gudbeen dhinaca Xaafadda Howl-wadaag oo ay Ciidamadu ka wadaan baaritaan guri guri ah, waxaana intii uu baritaanku socday Ciidamadu ay soo qab qabteen dhalinyaro sida la sheegay loo shakisan yahay in ay ka tirsan yihiin kooxaha ku kacsan Dowladda Soomaaliya.

 

Ma jirin wax iska horimaad ah oo dhaxmaray Ciidamada Dowladda Soomaaliya iyo kooxaha ka soo horjeeda, waxaana wararku sheegayaan in Xoogaggii gacanta ku hayay Xaafadda Howl-wadaag isaga baxeen kaddib markii ay ka warheleen Ciidamada ku soo wajahan, inkastoo meelaha qaar sida dad goob joog ah sheegeen lagu arkayay gaadiidka dagaalka kooxaha ka soo horjeeda Dowladda oo sii socda saakay Waabarigii hore.

 

Inkastoo isbadalka dhacay uu ahaa mid inta badan dadku saakay uun ku soo baraarugay ayaa haddana waxaa muuqaneysa in siweyn dhinaca kale loo hadal hayo Ciidamada Itoobiyaanka ah ee saakay fariisinka ka dhax sameystan gudaha Magaalada , iyadoo hadal heynta ugu badana tahay bal in Ciidamadu Itoobiyaaku ku sii nagaan doonaan Magaalada iyo in kale.

 

Soo galintaanka Ciidamada Itoobiya ayaa ku soo beegmeysa iyadoo shalay Ciidamada Dowladda Soomaaliya ee ku sugan Magaalada Beledweyne ka warheleen guri sida loo maleynayo lagu sameeyo waxyaabaha qarxa kaa oo laga soo saaray noocyada Banbooyinka Qaraxa, Biro yar yar oo la jar jaray, iyo waliba hub ay ku jiraan Bastoolado.

 

Sidoo kale Ciidamada Itoobiya ee maanta howlgalka ka wada Magaalada Beledweyne ayaa soo galintaakoodu ku soo beegmayaa saacado uun kadib markii uu Magaalada Beledweyne soo gaaray Guddoomiyaha Maamulka Goballka Hiiraan Shiikh C/raxmaan Ibraahim Macow oo bilihii ugu danbeeyay safar shaqo ugu maqnaa Magaalada Muqdisho.

 

C/raxmaan Diini, Hiiraan Online

diini@hiiraan.com

 

 

Hiiraan Online: Magaalada Beledweyne oo ay saaka gudaha u galeen Ciidamo Itoobiyaan ah

 

Wararkii ugu dambeeyay ee Magaalada Beledweyne oo ay saaka gudaha u galeen Ciidamo Itoobiyaan ah

 

Sabti, August 29, 2009(HOL):Wararka naga soo gaaraya magaalada Beledweyne ee Xarunta u ah Gobolka Hiiraan ayaa sheegaya in xaaladda magaalada ay haatan degan tahay, inkastoo weli ay dhaqdhaqaaqyo ka wadaan Ciidamo Itoobiyaan ah oo saaka gudaha u galay Magaaladaas.

 

Wararku waxay intaas ku darayaan in Ciidamada Itoobiya ay xarun ka sameysteen Xarun Dhaqancelin ah oo Iftin lagu magaacaabo, taasi oo ku taalla gudaha Magaalada. Waxaa jira warar sheegaya in Ciidamadan Itoobiyaanka ah ay dhaqdhaqaaqyo wadaan, iyadoo aan la ogeyn in dhaqdhaqaaqaas uu yahay mid ay dib uga noqonayaan Beledweyne iyo inuu yahay mid socodkooda ku sii wadayaan.

 

Dhanka kalena, waxaa jiro bililiqo loo geystay goobo ganacsi iyo guryo ganacsi oo ku yaalla Galbeedka Beledweyne, iyadoo bililiqadaasna ay dhacday kaddib markii ay Ciidamada Dowladda oo ay kaalinayaan kuwa Itoobiya ay la wareegeen gacan-ku-heynta Galbeedka Degmada Beledweyne.

 

Waxaa kale oo jira warar sheegaya in rasaas ay fureen Ciidamada Dowladda intii ay la wareegayeen gacan-ku-heynta Galbeedka Beledweyne , taasi oo sababtay dhimashada hal ruux oo rayid ah, iyadoo dilka ruuxaas rayidka ahna si weyn looga xumaaday.

 

Wixii ku soo kordha Xaaladda Magaalada Beledweyne kala soco halkan haddii Alle idmo

 

C/raxmaan Diini, Hiiraan Online

diini@hiiraan.com

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Warkan wax ka jiraa ma niraan, Waa been, Ethiopia Soomaaliya ma joogto,

 

What I don't understand is why Alshabaab is against ONLF? Nimanka maxaa ka khaldan, Ethiopiankan bay mashquulin lahayeen.

[rudy-Diiriye]

This a true story. Ethos dont want the youth fighters spreading beyond jowhar.

 

solution, next front needs to start from northern somalia like pland or sland. So from north to south, we can meet the ethios in in hiiraan. then they will quit.

 

This the next step for Somali solution, for sure this will take soon. watch for it.

 

Beletweeyen allahyoo gadig guri barwaaqo

beerlola allahyoo, amxaar ka celi. amin

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Originally posted by Dabshid:

What I don't understand is why Alshabaab is against ONLF? Nimanka maxaa ka khaldan, Ethiopiankan bay mashquulin lahayeen.

Alshabaabku waa Kashka oo kale, dhago wax maqla maleh..

 

Shabaabku, siyaasad sugan maleh. Sida muuqatana ninaan wadaad ahayn hawl wadaag inay yeeshaan qorshahooda ugu ma jirto. Halka ay wax ka qaldan yihiin waa halkaas.

 

Nimankaas sal fudeyd baa dili doona!

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I remember when Al Shabab united with ONLF both of them were happy but unfortunately ONLF is a tribal nationalist organization. It will cause problem if they unite with people who wants an Islamic Emirate.

[Fabregas]

No thoroughbred Islamic Somali tribesman and women of noble Cushitic and Arabians origins will tolerate the Ethiopian invasion and terrorising of Somali civilians in this holy month of Ramadan. However, unfortunately,sadly, some of our people are their own worst enemies and they have mastered the art of lying, deluding, convincing their own nafs of false tales. for some, All Islamic, Somalinimo and noble principles are thrown out of the window when it comes to cheerleading for a particular group, tribe or individuals. Genetic Hardheadeness means that some SOmalis will never acknowledge when they are wrong or the person(cult?) they are supporting has betrayed the people and deen. So the Shariff supporters will make all kinds of excuses and hallucinating remarks:

 

I swear the Ethiopians never entered;

 

I swear Shariff had nothing to do with it;

 

And even if he did, it was all Alshababs fault for provoking them and shedding the blood of pure Ethiopian bringing, Muslim Somali warlords;

 

Or Ethiopians are the lesser of the two evils;

 

 

I swear Beledweyn is just a minor incursion as Muqdisho hasn't been taken yet;

 

the Maslaha dictates this.

 

The point is, Shariff and his so called gov have grossly betrayed the thoroughbred Islamic Somali tribesman and women of noble cushitic and Arabians origins, by using the slogans of Islamic Shariah and liberation of SOmalia from foreign troops as a tool 2 gain power- both principles which they have discarded and thrown away when their masters promised them the keys to rule Somalia. See, Abdullahi Yusuf was a thoroughbred old SOmali soulja, although I completely disagree with his politics, he never used or lied about Islamic Sharica like Shariff or pretended that he liberated Somali from Habashis, unlike Shariff and his Ethiopian puppets. The other point is, as usual: aint no such thing as half way crookz.

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ITS NOT TRUE news ITS 100% THE SOMALI ARMY WHO HAVE CONTROL OF Beledweyne

 

ITS ONLY PROPEGANDA FROM AL-SABAB DONKYS

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Youth waa kow bal noo sheeg goortay ONLF iyo Shabaabku midoobeen, intay ku midoobeen?

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Ethiopian Troops Start Vacating Parts of Beledweyn Town

 

 

Hassan Osman Abdi

 

31 August 2009

 

Beledweyn — The Ethiopian troops who recently reached in Beledweyn town have vacating from their bases in the west site of the town in central Somalia, witnesses told Shabelle radio on Monday.

 

Residents told reporters that more Ethiopian troops with more 15 heavily armored battle wagons could be seen leaving from their bases in the town and traveling to the side of the Somali administration in Ethiopia.

 

Reports form the town indicates that most of the areas that the Ethiopian troops left were Burjada Inka and abase about 10 kilometers to the west of the town though there are some areas that the foreign troops still remain.

 

There is no official from the transitional federal government that talked about the Ethiopian troops' entrance and vacation of in and out of the Beledweyn tow in central Somalia.

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Police Department Officials Say They Were Unaware Ethiopian Troops' Entry to Beledweyn Town

 

 

Somalia — Salad Hared, a deputy chief of the security of TFG troops in Hiran region has said on Sunday that they were not aware the Ethiopian troops' sentence into Beledweyn town inn central Somalia.

 

The commander said that they were not also the mastermind of the decision that the Ethiopian troops crossed the border between both countries Somalia and Ethiopia saying that could be possible that some of the high officials of the transitional government might know.

 

The official also said that the transitional government's next step they will take face to face Bulo Burde and Jalalqsi district in Hiran region where there are Islamist forces against the TFG by no accompanying with any Ethiopian troops.

 

It was yesterday when the government soldiers with Ethiopian troops poured into Beledweyn town and made operation in the west site of the town as some of the people indicated that the government troops robbed health and educating centers in the town.

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The former website of Al Shabaab claimed union. But at that time Al Shabaab were still called ''the remnants of ICU'' or ICU element.

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Somalilandpress: "Ethiopian, Somali forces plan fresh attacks on militant groups"

 

MOGADISHU-(Somalilan dpress)—In a new drive to oust Islamists officials of the Transitional Federal Government of Somalia [TFG] and those of Ethiopian troops last night held lengthy talks in Beled Weyne, Hiran Region [central Somalia].

 

The meeting discussed plans to attack Bulo Barde and Jala Laqsi which are also in Hiran Region.

Officials from both sides agreed that they would launch joint attacks on these towns as government forces are reported to have suggested that Ethiopian troops take the role of disarming the groups that are currently in the town and also arrest their remnants.

 

Ethiopian officials are planning to deploy their troops all the way to areas that are near Middle Shabelle in order to assist the TFG forces as agreed with senior officials of the TFG.

 

Sources close to the meeting told Somalilandpress that the army general leading the Ethiopian forces in Hiran Region asked traditional elders to work towards the attainment of peace in the region, adding that there are many people who are currently subjecting the residents to a lot of suffering.

By this, the Ethiopian officials were referring to groups that are opposed to their politics in Somalia.

 

Rivals of the TFG and Ethiopian troops are also planning to launch a counter attack in Jowhar, Middle Shabelle [southern Somalia] according to military sources.

 

These attacks are being planned by the top strategists of Hisb Al-Islam and Al-Shabab who are want to defend themselves against the attacks from Ethiopian troops who have crossed the border into Somalia and are currently in control of Beled Weyne.

Somalilandpress

 

Mogadishu-Somalia

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MEMRI: "Ethiopian Forces In Somalia Reoccupy Baladweyne"

 

Ethiopian army forces have entered the Hiran province in central Somalia, and have retaken the town of Baladweyne...