(SomaliNet) The Islamic Courts Union in the Somalia capital said on Monday it would take steps to assure the security in the city as the Islamist fighters faced several fronts with the Ethiopian troops in southern and central Somalia. The ICU would make new check points at the streets of Mogadishu to tighten the security and avert any anti Islamist actions, said an Islamic official. “Last week there have been minor explosions in the capital by Somali enemy and the ICU is deploying security forces in all roads in the city to prevent against troublemakers,” the official said.
| Tightening security around one's capital is generally what one does when one is losing, right? |
For the last days, the Islamic fighters have been searching illegal weapons from the cars on the roads in the city to speed up the steps to tighten the security. |