Shabelle Media Network (Mogadishu)
13 February 2008
Beledweyne — Ethiopian forces with armed vehicles pulled out from Janta-Kundishe hilly area on the outskirt of Beledweyne town also Mostahil and Ferfer districts in Somali region of Ethiopia have advanced into a new territorial army bases on the vital link road between Galgadud and Hiran regions central Somalia on Wednesday residents said
The Ethiopian soldiers have set up a new army positions in the villages of Jinta-Qabno,Jirale and Bergadid linking Mataban district and Kala-Beyr intersection of Hiran region.
Its yet unknown the motives behind the withdrawal of Ethiopian from their bases to an others although some reports obtained by Shabelle says that the troops heading to Galgadud region bordering with Hiran region although its unidentified why they are leaving on the way to the new bases.
The arrival onset of Ethiopian forces in extra locations comes as previous weeks armed groups links to the ousted Islamic courts union assaulted more than a few on their army bases in Hiran region.
Nearly all of the residents living in the new locations those Ethiopian soldiers based are cultivators and pastoralists and are wilderness areas.
Some of the residents told Shabelle English service that they have more difficulties that their habitat turn out to be as "army area" since they covet to care their domestic animals and arable farms without restraint.
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