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Africa Horn
Governor: Al shabab leaders failed to wage war in Somalia
2012-07-01
(Sh. M. Network) -- The administration of Banadir region under Somali government, declared Friday that the commanders of the Al Qaeda-linked Al shabab cut-throats have failed to continue their fighting in Somalia.

Speaking to the news hounds in Mogadishu, Somali capital, the governor of Banadir region Mohamud Ahmed Nur better known as 'Tarsan'
... his wife is named Jane...
said that top Al shabab leaders, mainly Ahmed Mohamud Godane, the groups chief and Fuad Mohammed Khalaf (Shongole) and Sheik Ali Dheere, the front man for Al shabab, all failed to organize further the guerilla-style war in the country.

Meanwhile,
...back at the abandoned silver mine, the water was up to Jack's neck and still rising...
Mr. Tarsan called upon the leaders of Al shabab cut-throats to bring to a standstill for using the young children, to carry out the hit and run deadly attacks against Somali people, as he put it.

This remarks followed after some MPs in Somali parliament disclosed that Al shabab commanders in Jubba states of southern Somalia, asked locals to hand over them weapons and youngsters to step up fighting against Somali government and the African Union
...a union consisting of 53 African states, most run by dictators of one flavor or another. The only all-African state not in the AU is Morocco. Established in 2002, the AU is the successor to the Organisation of African Unity (OAU), which was even less successful...
Mission in Somali (AMISOM ) forces.
Posted by:Fred

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