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2012-07-21 Africa Horn
Foreigner with weapons caught in northern Somalia
(Sh. M. Network)-The security forces of Somalia' semi-autonomous region of Puntland
...a region in northeastern Somalia, centered on Garowe in the Nugaal province. Its leaders declared the territory an autonomous state in 1998. Puntland and the equally autonomous Somaliland seem to have avoided the clan rivalries and warlordism that have typified the rest of Somalia, which puts both places high on the list for Islamic subversion...
, have on Friday seized a foreign male with huge weapons
It is a change from the more usual huge tracts of land thingie, but even so.
after launching security operations in Bari province.

Police chief, told news hounds in seaside Bosasso
...Puntland's major (maybe only) port, population about 250,000, most of them shady characters who hang around waterfront dives and carry knives and brass knuckles...
town, the capital of Bari region that the local forces managed on Friday to intercept and capture a foreign man with a boat ferrying large quantity of small weapons, including AK 47 rifles, pistols and bombs intended destabilize Puntland, as he put it.

Sources said the tossed in the calaboose
Keep yer hands where we can see 'em, if yez please!
man, a white male with Yemen citizenship is reportedly cooled for a few years
Maw! They're comin' to get me, Maw!
along with a Somali national as they were coming fromYemen to Somalia through the sea voyage on Friday by the local security forces of Puntland.
Posted by Fred 2012-07-21 00:00|| || Front Page|| [11140 views ]  Top
 File under: al-Shabaab 

#1 Â…intended to destabilize Puntland, as he put it.

Yeah ‘cause everybody knows Puntland is a model of stability.
Posted by DepotGuy 2012-07-21 10:35||   2012-07-21 10:35|| Front Page Top

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