Xizbul Islam take Xarardheere

[Sherban Shabeel]

Somali insurgents have taken control of one of the main pirate havens in the south of the country.

Residents said several hundred rebels of the group Hizbul Islam had taken over the coastal town of Haradhere and that the pirates had fled.

Hizbul Islam wants to establish Sharia law and order and put an end to the pirate trade in the town, the leader of the insurgents told the BBC.

Somalia has not had an effective government for nearly 20 years.

"Around 200 heavily armed militants... moved into the town early this morning and took up strategic positions, such as the police station and some former government premises," Haradhere resident Aden Jim'ale said.

"We are in Haradhere now, we came here after we received a request from the local people to help them provide their security," Hizbul Islam chief of operations Mohamed Abdi Aros told the BBC.

Hundreds of pirates could be seen leaving Haradhere in luxury cars hours before the insurgents moved in, local resident Suleyman Gadid told the BBC.

'Lucrative foothold'

One report citing an unnamed pirate said that a Hizbul Islam delegation had visited the town several days ago and demanded a share of the piracy trade. There is no confirmation.

In recent years, pirates have seized dozens of ships in the Indian Ocean and Gulf of Aden.

They have recently expanded the reach of their attacks to avoid patrols by several nations off the Somali coast.

Hizbul Islam and the Islamist group al-Shabab have a common agenda in fighting the UN-backed interim government and have previously shared control of the southern Somali port of Kismayo.

But in 2009, Hizbul Islam was ousted from the lucrative harbour-town by al-Shabab.

Since losing Kismayo, they have been keen to gain a foothold in Haradhere before al-Shabab moves in, says the BBC's Mohammed Olad Hassan in Mogadishu.

 

(BBC)

[Polanyi]

Romania, Next.

[Maaddeey]

Al-xizbul Islami oo la wareegay Deg. Xarar-dheere ee G/Mudug.

By Somalimirror on 2 May, 2010 2:04 PM in Main, Wararka

 

Wararka naga soo gaaraya Degmada Xarar-dheere ee Gobolka Mudug waxey sheegayaan saaka barqadii halkaa iney si nabada kula wareegeen ciidamo ka tirsan Ururka Al-xizbul Islami, siduu noo xaqiijiyey Madaxa arimaha Dacwada iyo Iclaanka ee Gobolada Dhexe ugu qaabilsan al-xizbul Isami Sh C/naasir Maxamed Afdhuub.

Ciidamadan oo ku hubeysan gaadiidka dagaalka ayaa halkaa dagaal la’aan kula wareegay, waxeyna Magaalada ka soo galeen dhowr jiho oo kale duwan, waxaana ku soo dhaweeyay dadka deegaanka , sida saraakiisha al-xizbul Islami ku waramayaan.

 

Xaalada Magaalada ayaa degan, wax ayna noqoneysaa markii ugu horeysay oo ciidamo ka tirsan Ururka Al-xizbul Islami halkaa gaaraan.

 

Ujeedka tagitaankooda Degmada Xarer-dheere ayey ku macneeyeen Saraakiisha Al-xizbul Islami mid ay ku balaarinayaan dhaqanka gelinta Shareecada Islaamka goobaha ayna horey u joogin.

 

Waxaa la ogsoonyahey Degmada Xarar-dheere oo meel istaraatijiya ku taala iney fariisin adag u aheyn xilliyadan danbe kooxo ka tirsan Burcad Badeeda oo aan la ogeyn xilligan goobta kale ee ay uga ruqaansadeen.

[Saalax]

I though xaradheere was taken over by al shabab, seems al shabab have been driven off by X.I.