Al shabab gaining ground soon to capture villa somalia

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MOGADISHU, May 24 (Reuters) - Somalia's al Shabaab rebels said on Monday their next target, after capturing the north of the capital, is to seize the presidential palace.

The U.N.-backed administration of President Sheikh Ahmed Sharif had hoped to drive the rebels out of the capital through a major offensive that has been on the cards since last year, but the insurgents have attacked, pressing government positions last week. [ID:nLDE64M087]

"We have ousted the government from the north of Mogadishu... and now our next step is to capture the palace," Sheikh Ali Mohamud Rage, al Shabaab's spokesman, told reporters.

"There is no one between us and the Christians (African Union peacekeepers -- AMISOM), the so-called police who used to defend the AMISOM are now nowhere to be seen."

A spokesman for the peacekeeping force laughed off the insurgent's statement.

"We wish them success for their dreams," Barigye Ba-Hoku told Reuters.

"Their actions are illegal and they amount to a coup," Ba-Hoku added. The government was not immediately available to comment.

Somalia has had no effective central government for 19 years and Western efforts to install one to steer the country back to stability have been greatly undermined by the Shabaab insurgency and another smaller group, Hizbul Islam.

The fighting has killed at least 21,000 people since the start of 2007 and driven another 1.5 million from their homes, triggering one of the world's worst humanitarian emergencies.

(Reporting by Abdi Sheikh; Editing by Michael Roddy)

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Xarraatul Shabaabul Mujaahidiin Al-shabaab oo sheegay inay dagaal weyn ku qaadi doonaan ciidamada AMISOM iyo Madaxtooyada Soomaaliya

Isniin, May 24, 2010 (HOL) − Guddoomiyaha Gobolka Banaadir ee Xarrakatul Shabaabul Mujaahiin Sheekh Cali Maxamed Xuseen oo shir jaraa'id ku qabtay Xarunta Hoggaankii Socdaalka Soomaaliya ayaa sheegay inay guulo ka gaareen dagaallo ay la galeen ciidamada Dowladda Soomaaliya.

Sheekh Cali Maxamed Xuseen wuxuu sheegay in ciidamadooda ay kaga guuleysteen kuwa dowladda dagaallo ay la galeen ayna kaga qabsadaan deegaannadii ay kaga sugnaayeen Waqooyiga Muqdisho.
"Xogta aan helnayno waxay sheegayaan in ciidamadii Dowladdu ay kala tageen, mana jiraan wax u dhexeeya Xoogaggeena iyo kuwa AMISOM, dagaalkuna wuxuu ku wajahan yahay Madaxtooyada" ayuu yiri Sheekh Cali Maxamed Xuseen.

Ma'suulkan wuxuu sheegay in ciidamadoodu ay diyaar u yihiin inay dagaal adag la galaan ciidamada AMSIOM oo uu sheegay inay difaac u yihiin Madaxtooyada Soomaaliya, halkaasoo ay madaxda dowladdu ku sugan yihiin.

"Waa in loo diyaargaroobo in la qabsado Madaxtooyad, qof walbana waa inuu soo qaato wixii ay awoodaan, Mujaahidiinta waa ka go'an tahay inay dullaan ballaaran ku qaadaan Madaxtooyada" ayuu yiri Sheekh Cali oo u dirayay dagaalyahannadooda fariin dagaal.

Hadalka Mas'uulkan ayaa imaanaya iyadoo saakay uu Muqdisho ku laabtay Madaxweynaha Soomaaliya Sheekh Shariif Sheekh Axmed, waxaana Dagaallo ku dhexmaray saddexdii maalmood ee lasoo dhaafay Xarrakatul Shabaab iyo Dowladda Soomaaliya degmooyinka Waqooyiga Muqdisho ay sababeen dhimasho iyo dhaawac.

Maxamed Xaaji Xuseen, Hiiraan Online

http://hiiraan.com/news/2010/May/warark ... 4-9946.htm

[grandpakhalif]

Wheres twistled logic and the TFG scum

Al shabaabul mujahideen never ever said they were going to capture Villa somalia or fight the AMISOM directly until today, this is goign to be a successful and real mission