Somalia: Ethiopian Troops Make Search Operations in Hiraan Region

Baladweyne — The Ethiopian troops who have recently crossed into Somalia and were deployed in Kalabeyr key junction have made search operations in the area, witnesses said on Sunday.

Witnesses said the Ethiopian troops made the search operations in the mountains near Kalaberyr village which is about 20 km north of Beledweyne town in Hiraan region in central Somalia.

They have reportedly stopped the circulation of the traffic and the people in the area but the movement has returned to normalcy when they have ended their operations.

It is not known the reason behind their operations but some reports suggest that the Ethiopian troops were inspecting mines in the area.

The Ethiopian troops reached in kalabeyr on 20 May 2009 and made several search operations in the area but they have not arrested any one.

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  • abdikarim buh
    Jun 3 2009, 19:17

    The double standards just turned in to universal phenomina and is no more the monoply of the US. For the best part of the last two monthes the EGAD and the AU flooded the media that 300, although no one knows were the get the figure from, interntational Jihadists armed with no more then an AK47 are taking over Somalia when the reality on the ground is contrary to the war cry. Ethiopian troops crossed in to Somalia and created garisons at an important junction in Hiiraan and conistatntly harrassing the people. The ethiopian flooded the country with weapons and armed clan malitias who they train in the Somali regional state. The security minister just crossed the boarder from Ethiopia leading a well armed contingent of clan malitia who are literally hired guns with no clue of what is goin on. Warlord Bare Hiiraale and his malitias are been instructed by their Ethiopian handlers to start destablisation programme in the south to lure islamists from Mogadisho and yet a third group are stationed in the central regions. Ethiopia is messing up the politics of Somalia and was given green light to do so by the international comunity and they are blind to all that mischeifs Ehiopia is playing. What a madness they all blame Eretaria which has the least miletery influnce in Somalia and three hundred brotherhood volunteers who are mostly somalis from the diaspora. the international intervention of somalia is the core problem to Somalia illness and for sure the imported TFG will never succeed but will just be another bad memmory(the 15th). The Islamists will at the end of the day win the race no matter how long it takes because they are on the right and always justice prevail.