From: Biniam Haile \(SWE\) (eritrea.lave@comhem.se)
Date: Tue May 05 2009 - 02:19:27 EDT
Somalia: Presidential security forces 'sell armed trucks' to Al Shabaab
2 May 2, 2009 - 9:55:19 AM
MOGADISHU, Somalia May 2 (Garowe Online) - Somali government security
forces aboard four armed trucks escaped from the Villa Somalia
presidential compound on Friday with the goal of selling their weaponry
to Islamist hardliners, Radio Garowe reports.
A security official at Villa Somalia who spoke on the condition of
anonymity confirmed the report that the soldiers belonged to the Villa
Somalia security force, guarding the palace where President Sheikh
Sharif Ahmed calls home alongside African Union peacekeepers.
"The soldiers made a secret deal with Al Shabaab to sell four trucks and
the big guns on top," said the security source.
A businessman at Mogadishu's Bakara Market said armed trucks with
government insignia were seen around the market, which has been a
stronghold of Islamist rebels since the Ethiopian intervention.
A government spokesman could not be reached for comment.
Source: Garowe Online
http://www.garowe.com/
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