Alshabaab blows up Millatary convoy in Kismayo Somalia

[Xaaji Xunjuf]

Blast hits troop convoy in Somalia's Kismayo

 

Sunday, January 11, 2015

 

 

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(Reuters) - A remote-controlled bomb hit a vehicle in a troop convoy in the southern Somali port city of Kismayo, killing at least three soldiers, police and residents said on Sunday.

Militant group al Shabaab claimed responsibility for the attack, which hit the convoy as it drove through Gulwade village in Kismayu late on Saturday.

 

"The bomb was targeted at our convoy. Three soldiers were killed," said Ismail Hussein, a police officer in the city.

 

Al Shabaab has been weakened considerably by African Union troops and the Somali army, losing swathes of territory in the south of the country, but it has been carrying hit-and-run style attacks to show it has not been vanquished.

 

Local residents said troops in the convoy opened fire after the blast went off, killing two women who were passing by.

 

Hussein of the local police rejected the claim: "The forces did not kill residents after the blast," he said.

 

Sheikh Abdiasis Abu Musab, al Shabaab's spokesman for military operations, said the group was behind the bomb attack and that it killed four senior intelligence officers.

 

The group also attacked a police station in the port of Bosasso with grenades and guns on Saturday, said Bashir Ahmed, a police captain in the area in the semi-autonomous region of Puntland.

 

They repulsed the attackers, but a woman who was selling khat, a narcotic leaf, sustained injuries from the fighting, Ahmed said.

 

Abu Musab confirmed they had carried out the attack, saying that four policemen were injured.

[Xaaji Xunjuf]

Al-shabaab oo sheegatay Qarax lagu dilay sadex askari oo ka dhacay Kismaayo

 

 

Axad, Janaayo 11, 2015 (HOL) — Saddex askari oo ka tirsanaa ciidanka maamulka KMG ah ee Jubba ayaa ku geeriyooday qarax kolonyo gaadiid ah lagula eegtay xarunta gobolka Jubbada Hoose ee Kismaayo gellinkii dambe ee shalay oo Sabti ahayd.

 

Mas'uuliyadda weerarkan ayaa waxaa sheegatay Al-shabaab, iyadoo qaraxan uu ka dhacay xaafadda Guul-wade oo ka tirsan xaafadaha Kismaayo, halkaasoo ay marayeen baabuurta ay la socdeen ciidamada geeriyooday.

 

“Qaraxa waxaa lala beegsaday gaadiidka ciidamadeenna. saddex askari ayaana lagu dilay qaraxaas oo miino ahaa,” sidaas waxaa warbaahinta ugu sheegay Kismaayo mid ka mid ah saraakiisha booliiska Kismaayo oo lagu magacaabo Ismaaciil Xuseen.

 

Goobjoogayaal ayaa iyaguna sheegay in ciidamadii qaraxa lala beegsaday ay fureen rasaas, kaddib markii uu qaraxu dhacay, taasoo dishay laba haween ah oo meesha marayay.

 

Ismaaciil Xuseen oo ka tirsan sarkaasha booliiska Kismaayo ayaa diiday inay ciidamadii qaraxa lagu weeraray ay dileen haweenka. “Ma jiraan qof shacab ah oo ay dileen askarta qaraxa lagu weeraray kaddib.”

 

Afhayeenka howlgallada Al-shabaab, Sh. C/casiis Abuu-Muscab ayaa xusay in weerarkaas ay iyagu mas’uul ka yihiin, ayna ku dileen afar sarkaal oo ka tirsan sir-doonka maamulka KMG ah ee Jubba.

 

Sheekh Abuu-Muscab ayaa ku goodiyay inay weerarrada ay ka geysanayaan deegaannada uu maamulo maamulka KMG ah ee Jubba ay sii wadi doonaan, isagoo maamulkaas ku eedeeyay inuu dhibaatooyin ku hayo shacabka.

 

Dhanka kale, afhayeenka howlgallada Al-shabaab ayaa sheegay inay iyagu ka dambeeyeen weerarkii lagu qaaday saldhigga Boosaaso, isagoo sheegay inay weerarkan ku dhaawaceen afar askari oo ka tirsan ciidamada booliiska Puntland.

 

Ugu dambeyn, Bashiir Axmed oo ka tirsan saraakiisha booliiska Puntland oo isna la hadlay warbaahinta ayaa sheegay in weerarkaas ay ku dhaawacantay haweeney ka mid ah kuwa Qaadka ku iibiyo Boosaaso.

 

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[DoctorKenney]

I really really hope Somalia enlists the help of more USA Special Forces to destroy Al-Shabab and clean them out of the country. These hit-and-run attacks by Al-Shabab are the mark of a dying enemy, and someone needs to finish this group off for good. Cooperation with clan elders will get 50% of the work done. The other 50% can be completed by aggressively pursuing remaining Al-Shabab elements and not giving them a chance to regroup