Somali rebels slough off talk of feuding

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Somali militants accused the nation's transitional government of "baseless propaganda" after officials said the rebel group is on the verge of splitting up.

Government forces have seized more areas in the capital of Mogadishu with the help of African Union troops, officials said in a statement.

"These gains come amidst reports that the Al-Shabaab's second in command has withdrawn his forces from the city as rifts within the extremist group deepen in the wake of the failed Ramadan offensive," a government statement said this week.

The transitional government has expanded the areas it controls in Mogadishu to seven districts that are home to 90 percent of the city's population, according to the government.

But an Al-Shabaab military commander fired back Friday.

Sheikh Mukhtar Robow told reporters in the capital that the group was united, and he declared the militants "remained students" of al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden.

Officials said this week that a rift between Robow and Al-Shabaab leader Sheikh Abu Zubayr had resulted in Robow withdrawing his troops from the capital.

Robow called reports of discord "baseless propaganda disseminated" by African Union forces and the transitional government. He said the rebels will continue battling government troops and peacekeeping forces.

The African Union Mission in Somalia has been helping government forces fight Al-Shabaab rebels in the country.

The United States considers the group, which is al Qaeda's proxy in the country, a terrorist organization.

Al-Shabaab is waging a war against Somalia's government in an effort to implement a stricter form of Islamic law, or sharia.

Source: CNN

Somalia has not had a stable government since 1991, and fighting between the rebels and government troops has escalated the humanitarian crisis in the famine-ravaged country.

Source: CNN

[abdisamad3]

Sabti, October 09, 2010 (HOL) − Hoggaamiyaha labaad ee Xarrakatul Shabaabul Mujaahidiin Sheekh Mukhtaar Roobow Cali (Abuu-Mansuur) oo ka hadlay masjid ku yalla Muqdihso ayaa beeniyay inuu jiro khilaaf u dhexeeya hoggaanka sare Al-shabaab.

"Waxaan maqlayay maalmihii lasoo dhaafay, waxbaa kala kacay iyo waxbaa kala booday, balse taasi waa been abuur aan jirin, waxaan leeyahay kuwa wararkaas faafinaya been ayaad sheegteen," ayuu yiri Sheekh Mukhtaar Roobow.

Afhayeenkii hore ee Xarrakatul Shabaab, wuxuu sheegay inay mideysan yihiin, oo aan lagu aqoon inay kala tagaan, inay kooxo kale kusoo biiraan mooyaane, isagoo sheegay inuusan u jawaabayn kuwa wararkaas faafiyay oo uu ku tilmaamay doqon.

"Mujaahidiinta ayaan u jawaabayaan, waxaana leennahay ma jiro wax khilaaf ah, ee iska hubiya wararkaas oo kale, waayo faasiqiin ayaa faafinaya," ayuu yiri Sheekh Mukhtaar oo sheegay inay soo gabgabeyn doonaan dagaalka ay kula jiraan AMSIOM iyo dowladda Soomaaliya.

Sheekh Mukhtaar, wuxuu daboolka ka qaaday in wararkan ay baahiyeen xubno ka tirsan dowladda ay taageerto Qarammada Midoobay, ayna yihiin kuwo lagu qarinayo khilaafka u dhexeeya oo uu isku casilay ra'iisul wasaarihii hore.

"Xarrakatul Shabaab, ma yaqaanaan mooshin, sidoo kalena iskuma qabsadaan jago, wararkaasna waa kuwo ay dowladdu ku doonayso inay ku qariso khilaafkeeda," ayuu si cad u yiri Sheekh Mukhtaar, isagoo sheegay inuusan hadafkooda waxba u dhimayn.

Dagaallada ka socda Soomaaliya, ayuu sheegay inay wax ku leeyihiin mujaahidiinta ka dagaalama Afgaanistaan, Marooko iyo dalal kale oo caalamka ku yaalla, sidoo kalena ay gacan ka geystaan shacabka Soomaaliyeed.

[abdisamad3]

udun see I told you it was all fake rumours and media war waged by the fufu's against shabaab,

[abdisamad3]

further proof of one is loosing the battle is when one resort to fake propaganda and lies when the reality on the ground is different,

[Aliyyi Oromada]

I was wondering how far they would go with the spoof. Probably start reporting fake battles.

"30 fighters killed including pakistani and chechnyan commanders on the outskirts of Mogadishu. It has also been reported from sources in the capital that Ayman al Zawahiri came down from the sky and started throwing lightning bolts at both sides causing more casualties."- The Associated Press

[surrender]

i actually thought Al shabaab inay Slough soo gaadheen.

[LobsterUnit]

i actually thought Al shabaab inay Slough soo gaadheen.

[abdisamad3]

I was wondering how far they would go with the spoof. Probably start reporting fake battles.

"30 fighters killed including pakistani and chechnyan commanders on the outskirts of Mogadishu. It has also been reported from sources in the capital that Ayman al Zawahiri came down from the sky and started throwing lightning bolts at both sides causing more casualties."- The Associated Press

[AhlulbaytSoldier]

I was wondering how far they would go with the spoof. Probably start reporting fake battles.

"30 fighters killed including pakistani and chechnyan commanders on the outskirts of Mogadishu. It has also been reported from sources in the capital that Ayman al Zawahiri came down from the sky and started throwing lightning bolts at both sides causing more casualties."- The Associated Press

tfg lost credibility when they accused an dead reer xamar shabaabist to be pakistani, then they accused him of being bengladeshi.

[abdisamad3]

I was wondering how far they would go with the spoof. Probably start reporting fake battles.

"30 fighters killed including pakistani and chechnyan commanders on the outskirts of Mogadishu. It has also been reported from sources in the capital that Ayman al Zawahiri came down from the sky and started throwing lightning bolts at both sides causing more casualties."- The Associated Press

tfg lost credibility when they accused an dead reer xamar shabaabist to be pakistani, then they accused him of being bengladeshi.

I remember that first they claimed him to be a paki then later they claimed he was from bangladesh becouse they tought he was too dark to be mistaken for a paki,

[grandpakhalif]

[udun]

udun see I told you it was all fake rumours and media war waged by the fufu's against shabaab,

Abdisamad,

Yeah I think it was exaggerated propoganda.

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[AhlulbaytSoldier]

where are the sexy stewardesses?

[abdisamad3]

udun see I told you it was all fake rumours and media war waged by the fufu's against shabaab,

Abdisamad,

Yeah I think it was exaggerated propoganda.

Now they are claiming to control 45% of muqdisho and this is where 90% of muqdisho's population live in,and the shabaab are pushed to the outskirts of muqdisho