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| More Aethiopian Troops Pour Around Beledweyn Town |
| 2009-10-15 |
| Beledweyn — More Ethiopian troops with many battle wagons have poured into several villages around west of Beledweyn town in central Somalia, witnesses told Shabelle radio on Sunday. Reports say that hundreds of Ethiopian military forces reached at more villages which are less than 50 kilometers west of Beledweyn town in Hiran region. Locals said that the Ethiopian troops are accompanied by many of the transitional government soldiers with armed vehicles adding that the troops started search operations at the areas. But no weapons were found during their operations. Eyewitnesses said that more people were captured during the military operations of the Ethiopian and Somali government troops pointing out that they were released after asking questions saying that they also made new military bases in there in Hiran region. Reports indicate the troops also cut the telecommunications in the border between Somalia and Ethiopia in central Somalia as the residents in those areas expressed concern about the military forces of the Ethiopians who are still making military movement. 15 Somali teenagers were jailed by the Ethiopian troops in the Somali region in Ethiopia recently as they reached there for business reasons. All those people picked up on the vehicles there were traveling. |
| Posted by:Steve White |
| #3 Take it, Ethiopia. It's yours. |
| Posted by: Maggie Ebbuter2991 2009-10-15 11:29 |
| #2 Just let Ethiopia annex southern Somalia. The only reason they give a dam is that they lost their access to the sea with Eritrea independence. |
| Posted by: phil_b 2009-10-15 02:54 |
| #1 Etheopia has been a great help. |
| Posted by: newc 2009-10-15 00:20 |