Somalia: Al Shabaab threatens to 'destroy Puntland, says 'no security
progress in Mogadishu'
Jan 7, 2013 - 6:41:48 PM
MOGADISHU, Somalia Jan. 7, 2013 (Garowe Online) - The spokesman for Al
Shabaab extremist militants allied to Al Qeada has said that there is "no
security progress in Mogadishu, " while threatening to "destroy Puntland and
overthrow [President] Farole ", Garowe Online reports.
In an audio recording from an undisclosed location posted on the Internet,
Al Shabaab spokesman Ali "Dheere " Mohamud Rage said: "Look at the artillery
hitting Villa Somalia presidential compound [in Mogadishu]. There is no
improving security and Al Shabaab is present in every district of Mogadishu.
The Christian enemies have claimed that they control provincial towns, but
Al Shabaab attacks and kills Christian enemies, most recently yesterday when
we blew up a military truck with Burundi soldiers in Merka. "
Ali Dheere 's voice could not be independently verified, but the audio
recording was posted on Sunday on Al Shabaab websites on the Internet and
circulated to Somali media.
"This is the best time for Al Shabaab. There has been heavy fighting and
shelling in Mogadishu the past few nights. Everyday we kill enemies in
Merka, Jowhar, Garbaharey, Leego, and don 't even mention Kismayo. The
enemies are suffering death and destruction and Al Shabaab is getting
stronger, " the extremist militants ' spokesman claimed.
"The people of Mogadishu used to live with honor, now they live under
colonialism of Uganda, Ethiopia , Kenya, and B urundi, " said Ali Dheere.
'Destroy Puntland ': Al Shabaab
Al Shabaab spokesman Ali Dheere threatened to destroy the Puntland
government, which administers vast regions in northern Somalia.
"I hear media reports of [Puntland President] Farole saying that the law
allows this or that, and another idiot group saying the law allows this . We
say only Islamic law is the law. Al Shabaab has waged war against Puntland
near Bossaso and we will overthrow Puntland administration and bring Islamic
law to Puntland, " said Ali Dheere.
Continuing, the Al Shabaab spokesman said: "We call on the people of
Puntland to join Al Shabaab and to fight the Ethiopian and the American
Christian colonizers. We will destroy Puntland and overthrow Farole and his
friends. "
On the nights of On Dec. 5, 2012, and on Jan. 3, 2013, Al Shabaab militants
hiding out in Galgala Mountains attacked Puntland military outposts in the
mountains. Puntland officials have said that government forces repulsed the
Al Shabaab attack and inflicted casualties on the extremists, who fled
deeper into the mountains
Security officials said Puntland government forces stationed in the
mountains are prepared to defend against Al Shabaab attacks, explaining that
the militants hide out in a mountainous terrain among caves and valleys.
In October 2010, Puntland government forces overr an Al Shabaab hideouts in
the Galgala Mountains at the end of a three-month military offensive.
Since suffering milita ry defeat in Mogadishu and southern regions, Al Shaba
ab has attempted to regroup in Ga lgala Mountains and Puntland a uthorities
seized weapons shipments from Yemen last year .
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