Somalia forces to “cut off” supplies to Woyane troops

Written on Sunday, July 13th, 2008 at 5:59 am by ethioforum

BELETWEIN, Somalia July 12 (Garowe Online) - Forces loyal to Somalia’s Islamic Courts movement seized a Toyota truck on Saturday and detained the driver in the regional town of Beletwein, sources said.

Beletwein residents awakened to Islamist fighters conducting search-and-seize operations, with locals reporting that several people were arrested for allegedly having “ties” with the Ethiopian military.

One Islamist spokesman told reporters that the operation is intended to “cut off” supplies to Ethiopian troops stationed at Janta Kundisho camp, in the eastern outskirts of Beletwein.

Much of the central region of Hiran is under the control of Islamist militias, including the provincial capital of Beletwein.

Somalia’s interim government, and its Ethiopian military backers, has failed to assert real authority in any part of the country as Islamist rebels continue to wage a guerrilla war since early 2007.

A peace agreement signed in June between the government and an Islamist-led, Eritrea-based opposition group called for a ceasefire agreement but fighting continues in many parts of Somalia.

Source: Garowe Online

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    3 Responses to “Somalia forces to “cut off” supplies to Woyane troops”

    1. gelaw Says:
      July 14th, 2008 at 6:28 am

      Only meeting meeting…for what? we need to see some results.
      i never expect gimbot7 would be strong enough to push weyanes out. Alliance with ONLF and OLF is a complete disaster as these are fighting for liberation of their territories instead of ethiopian unity. To the best of my information, only EPPF is fighting for ethiopian unity. you can see news on www.eppf-fiurst.org

      why didnt ginbot7 cooperate with eppf??? Berhanu nega wake up!

    2. Kuchiye Says:
      July 15th, 2008 at 9:37 pm

      No Comment

    3. walta Says:
      July 16th, 2008 at 9:19 am

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