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2012-06-25 Africa Horn
Somali forces seize Al shabab suspects in Luq town, Gedo region
(Sh. M. Network)-Somali security forces have on Sunday tossed in the calaboose
Keep yer hands where we can see 'em, if yez please!
at least four people in connection with Al Qaeda-affiliated Al shabab forces of Evil fighting against the UN-backed Somalia's Transitional Federal Government TFG and the African Union
...a union consisting of 53 African states, most run by dictators of one flavor or another. The only all-African state not in the AU is Morocco. Established in 2002, the AU is the successor to the Organisation of African Unity (OAU), which was even less successful...
Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) forces.

Eyewitnesses in Luq district, who spoke with Shabelle Media by phone on Sunday that TFG forces have carried out hunt operations in villages located on the outskirts of the town, arresting 4 men whom were alleged to be members of Al shabab.

A military source, confirmed Shabelle Media on condition of anonymity that the cooled for a few years
Don't shoot, coppers! I'm comin' out!
Al shabab suspects are now held at a prison in Luq town for interrogations.

On March 7, 2011, militia forces loyal to the Transitional Federal Government backed by Æthiopian forces, captured Luuq which sits southern Gedo provinceof Somalia from Al-Shabaab
... Harakat ash-Shabaab al-Mujahidin aka the Mujahideen Youth Movement. It was originally the youth movement of the Islamic Courts, now pretty much all of what's left of it. They are aligned with al-Qaeda but operate more like the Afghan or Pakistani Taliban...
rebels, encountering little or no resistance.
Posted by Fred 2012-06-25 00:00|| || Front Page|| [15 views ]  Top
 File under: al-Shabaab 

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