Shabelle Media Network (Mogadishu)
14 June 2008
The Ethiopian troops in Beledweyne town in the last months have pulled out from there on Friday night according to the residents.
Beledweye residents have waken up with the Ethiopian troop's army bases in the town vacant following the soldiers went towards Janta Kundishe hilly area where the Ethiopian troops based have withdrawn to a town in Ethiopia where armed Alshabab fighters have attacked with mortars.
Some residents told Shabelle that the vacated soldiers have forcibly driven to the fore civilian truck vehicles that they've loaded with their military ammunitions.
Some where else armed Ethiopian soldiers have extended into Warshadaha Main road in Somali capital Mogadishu Saturday morning eyewitnesses said.
The soldiers have widened on the toll street beginning from ex-defense ministry and ex-control Balad in Mogadishu.
The Ethiopian troops have as well stopped up civilian and vehicle's activities of the street.
It's yet unknown the motive behind the soldier's operations also no house to house operations were reported.
The vacated Ethiopian troops have came under several attacks from armed islamist fighters in the town later than they escorted the regional administration in the region to maintain their security against the Islamic fighters subsequent to armed Islamic court's fighters have earlier driven out from the town the former replaced administration of the region led by Yusuf Ahmed Hagar Aka Dabaged who was replaced by Somali government
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