(Xinhua) -- The forces of Somalia's Transitional Federal Government (TFG) on Wednesday controlled two more towns, 40 to 60 km away from the capital Mogadishu, the official Ethiopian news agency reported. TFG Vice Defense Minister Salad Ali Jelle was quoted as saying the TFG forces controlled Bal'at town, some 40 km north of Mogadishu and Lego town, 60 km southwest of the capital. Several soldiers of the Union of Islamic Courts (UIC) have been killed in the fights to control the two towns, Jelle told a press conference in Baidoa, the seat of the TFG. Guess they didn't all lay down their arms, huh?
Jelle said UIC fighters began fleeing from towns in disarray, adding that UIC fighters also engaged in clashes among themselves.
That'd prob'ly be the local boyz, who have a home to go to, versus the imported labor...
According to him, about 1,200 UIC fighters escaped by ship from Mogadishu to other countries. He said a second ship was loading UIC fighters at Mogadishu port on Wednesday afternoon.
Could we maybe sink that ship?
Jelle said UIC fighters in Kismayo port were fleeing to Mogadishu.