battle-wagons have been seen for the first time in the Somalia capital Mogadishu and
other cities in the country, officials and witnesses told Waagacusub Media on Friday
- as they are doing military exercise around the areas near to Somalia beaches.
Reports say that these troops with their vehicles written on “Gulf Security Group”
were said to have long been training inside Somalia including navy, commandos and
security forces.
The chief commander of the Gulf Security Group Ismael Haji Noor who was speaking to
Waagacusub Media said his GSG forces which numbers 600 soldiers will carry out
mission against the terror groups of Al-Shabab militants and pirates to help restore
peace and stability in Somalia adding that they are not under the control of the new
government but supports it.
“The work of the Gulf Security Group is to assure the safety of the Somalia
commercial companies, we want to hunt down and focus our target on the Al-Shabab
officials, we will arrest the foreigners that involves in the terror acts in
Somalia,” said Nor.
“for the past three months, the number of hijackings on foreign ships have decreased
due to sea waves and heavy presence of war ships off Somalia coasts,” he added.
Asked whether their military operations as part of supporting the new government led
by Sharif Sheik Ahmed, the GSG commander replied “our mission is not meant to
support the current government but we are doing this to save Somalis from the risk
of terror attacks by radical groups,”
Ismael Haji Nor who is among Somali businessmen also asked about the reports saying
that his group is working for the Western powers and he said “ we do not work for
Westerners but we could not watch to the country´ s disasters caused by the Al Qaeda
linked groups and pirates,”.
Associated Somali Journalists
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