From: Berhane Habtemariam (Berhane.Habtemariam@gmx.de)
Date: Thu Aug 20 2009 - 14:37:22 EDT
Al-Shabaab retakes Somali towns
Thu, 20 Aug 2009 01:52:58 GMT
Somalia's militant group al-Shabaab has recaptured the southern town of
Beled Hawo, in the Gedo region along the border with Kenya.
Witnesses told Press TV on Wednesday that fierce fighting erupted after
al-Shabaab fighters re-entered the town from the southern side, overpowering
the Ahlu-Sunnah Wal-Jamaa forces which seized the area on Monday.
At least five people, all of them combatants were killed while seven others
were injured in the brief fighting, the report said.
The recapture comes hours after the fall of the southwestern town of Luuq,
which is approximately 400 kilometers northwest of the Somali capital of
Mogadishu, to Ahlu-Sunnah forces.
Heavily armed Ahlu-Sunnah Wal-Jamaa forces entered the town without
confrontation from the Hizbul Islam fighters who were controlling the town.
Somali armed groups are engaged in a deadly battle over the control of the
southern region.
RZS/SME/RE
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