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Al-Shabab Islamic Movement has announced "final massive"
attacks against the transitional government and the AU
peacekeepers in Mogadishu as "more militants" from southern
and southwestern regions arrive in Mogadishu, reports
privately-owned independent Radio Simba.
The additional forces meant to "reinforce Al-Shabab fighters
in Mogadishu arrived from Lower, Middle Shabeelle, Jubba,
Bay and Bakool regions".
Hisb al-Islam's district commissioner in Buur Hakaba,
southwestern Somalia, has said "many of his fighters left
the district and have arrived in Mogadishu to reinforce
their brothers fighting against the transitional
government".
Another Hisb al-Islam official from Lafoole, in the
outskirts of Mogadishu, Shaykh Ahmad Hajir, said that the
forces from Buur Hakaba "are fully equipped and are prepared
to reinforce the final combat against the transitional
government".
Islamist groups Al-Shabab and Hisb al-Islam control most of
Somali regions including the capital, Mogadishu, and have
been engaging the transitional government forces backed by
Ugandan and Burundian peacekeepers in fierce battles for
complete control of Somalia.
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