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| Africa Horn |
| TFG imposes curfew on Hudur, blasts mount |
| 2012-03-24 |
| (Sh. M. Network)- Somali troops in southwestern region of Bakol have imposed a night time curfew on the town of Hudur after 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... gun-hung tough guys fled on Thursday after heavy battles, reports said. Local residents confirmed to Shabelle Media that the curfew followed series of kabooms took place at military bases in the Hudur, just 420 kilometers (260 miles) southwest of Mogadishu, as the allied troops moved into town. "Everybody is running away. I am now closing my shop. Business has come to a standstill because of the curfew," a shopkeeper told Shabelle Media via phone. Hudur town is the scenic provincial capital of Bakool region has served in the past three-years as a training base for the bad turban group Al-Shabaab linked with Al-Qaeda fighting against UN-backed Somali Government. |
| Posted by:Fred |