Mogadishu 26, Dec.06 ( Sh.M.Network) SomaliaÂ’s Islamic Courts Union deserted several strategic towns in central and southern parts of the country. Islamists in Mogadishu said they retreated from Bur Hakaba, Dinsor and Daynunay near the government base of Baidoa to change the military tact.
Ethiopian troops accompanied by government forces occupied all strategic towns: Galkayo, Bandiradley, Adado, Buloburte and Baledweyn that all lie in central Somalia. Apparently, Islamists have also admitted they lost Bai provincial towns and tiny villages near the main town of Baidoa to Ethiopian backed government troops.
Witnesses say hundreds of Ethiopian troops along with their tanks have taken up Adado in Galgadud region, central Somalia. Residential militias in Abudwaq have taken control of the town on Monday evening after Islamist fighters left the town in fear of Ethiopian military attacks. |