Al-Shabab and Ahlu Sunna Claim Victory Over Fighting in Mogadishu

4 May, 2010

The Islamist officials of Harakat Al-Shabab Mujahideen and Ahlu Sunna aljama'a have claimed victory over fighting that continued in parts of Hodan and Hawl-wadag districts in Mogadishu over night.

The fighting was reportedly broke out earlier as both fighters of Al-Shabab and Ahlu Sunna clashed and lastly changed into heavy war with shelling as the other forces supporting both sides had joined the war.

Sheik Ali Mohamed Hussein, the governor of Harakat Al-Shabab Mujahideen for Banadir region held press conference through the telephone and said that the fighting started as their fighters attacked their rivals as heard an offensive planned to attack Bakara market adding they killed more and captured a military vehicle. He also said they took over the areas of the fighting.

Sheik Abdullahi Abdirahman Abu Yusuf, the spokesman of Ahlu Sunna said that the clashes broke out as their positions attacked adding they killed more including Somalis and foreigners. He said that the fighting reached at Bakara market saying that their forces were yet in the areas they were attacked.

The claims of both sides come as the bitter fighting between the two sides caused more casualties of deaths, injuries and loss of properties in Hodan and Hawl-wadag districts in Mogadishu.

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Ahlu Sunna: ‘we shall continue fighting in Hodan and Hawl-wadag districts’

Posted: 5/4/2010 7:04:00 PM
Shabelle: SOMALIA
MOGADISHU (Sh. M. Network) –

Sheik Abdullahi Sheik Abdirahman Abu Yusuf (Al-qadi), the spokesman of Ahlu Sunna Waljama’a has Tuesday said that they would continue the fighting in Hodan and Hawl-wadag districts in the Somali capital Mogadishu.

The spokesman had held press conference between Dabka intersection and Bakara market in Mogadishu and disproved reports saying that some of the areas under their control had been taken over by the their rivals claiming victory over fighting that continued yesterday afternoon until overnight in war zones of both districts adding they inflicted casualties to the fighters against them.

Abu Qadi said that more government troops mainly the troops of the state minister for the defense affairs Sheik Yusuf Mohamed Si’ad (Inda’adde) adding began from that day they would collaborate the fighting with government

troops and would seize whole districts in Mogadishu.

More government officials including the state minister of the defense affairs Sheik Yusuf Mohamed Siad (Inda’adde) and other members of Ahlu Sunna Waljama’a clerics were present at the place where the spokesman of Ahlu Sunna held the press conference to supervise the areas of the troops of the government and Ahlu Sunna in Mogadishu.

On the other hand the troops of Ahlu Sunna Waljama’a had conducted operations removing headscarves from the women traveling between the two divided sides of the capital.

Some of the women whose headscarves removed told Shabelle radio that the fighters of Ahlu Sunna started the operations removing it on Tuesday for the first time.

“We got surprise. It was my first time that another man sees my face since 20 years. The fighters ordered us to remove our head scarves and we did. If the women refuse the order, the fighters will do it,” said one of the women

The spokesman of Ahlu Sunna Sunna who held press conference at the areas where the troops were conducting operations said the decision removing heard scarves from the women was not from the high officials of Ahlu Sunna Waljama’a.

Deadly blasts kill 40 in Mogadishu

Posted: 5/1/2010 2:34:00 PM
Shabelle: SOMALIA
MOGADISHU (Sh. M. Network) –

Deadly blasts targeted to officials of Harakat Al-shabab Mujahideen in Bakara market has reportedly killed 40 and injured more than that number, witnesses and officials told Shabelle radio on Saturday.

Reports say that the explosions were mines that were separately put in two floors of the mosque in Bakara market as Sheik Fuad Mohamed Khalaf, high official of Harakat Al-shabab Mujahideen stood and started lecturing to the people prayed in the mosque causing more casualties of deaths, injuries and loss of properties.

Sheik Fu’ad was reportedly wounded in the blast.

Witnesses told Shabelle radio that the first blast occurred after the noon prayer while the next happened as the people were trying to escape from the first explosion killing more.

More than 15 emergency traffic of ambulance had reached at the scene immediately and started deploying the injured people to hospital while the dead bodies laid in the mosque for a while.

The real casualties of deaths and injuries are unclear though reports indicate that 40 people died in blasts and most of the people were rushed to Daynile hospital. The ambulances could not take the injuries to other hospitals due to the blockading streets of Dabka and Bakara market due to tense situations in the zone.

Injuries rushed to Daynile hospital were uncountable.

Ali Muse, head of the emergency traffic whom Shabelle had contacted through the telephone said that the casualties were uncountable adding that more and more people had left their lives in the blasts.

More of Harakat Al-shabab Mujahideen fighters had reached and cordoned at scene where the explosions happened.

Sheik Ali Mohaud Raghe, the spokesman of Harakat Al-shabab Mujahideen said in an exclusive interview with Shabelle radio after the blasts and said that the explosions were targeted to the Muslims and masterminded by foreign companies adding that they had warned such blasts to happen in the capital mainly the areas under the control of Islamist forces earlier.

It is the first blasts exploded in mosque as more people praying in it in Mogadishu.

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