Shabelle Media Network (Mogadishu)
15 November 2009
The transitional Federal Government troops in Bakol region have started military movement in Dolow district in Gedo region, just as the Islamist officials in the region responded the soldiers' movement there in southern Somalia, officials told Shabelle radio on Sunday.
Sources said that the transitional government soldiers' aim was to attack and take over parts of the region which are controlled by the Islamist fighters in southern Somalia adding that the TFG troops were fully preparing in the district over the past few days.
There is also other military maneuver in Luq and Beled-Hawo towns in Gedo region which are also under the control of the Islamist forces who are greatly against the government troops in southern Somalia.
On the other hand the Islamist officials in Gedo region said that they are aware of the military plans and movement of the Transitional Federal Government troops in the region adding that they will protect them soon as possible.
Sheik Hassan Al-iraqi, the security secretary of the Islamic administration of Hizbul Islam in Luq district told Shabelle radio that they are committed to defend their positions from the troops of TFG who are aiming to attack the bases of the Islamist forces in the region in southern Somalia.
Nevertheless it is not the first time the transitional government soldiers make military movement in the parts of the region in southern Somalia.
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