Tuesday, May 12, 2009
MOGADISHU, May 12 (Reuters) - Thousands of residents fled bomb-blasted parts of northern Mogadishu on Tuesday and a local rights group said the Somali capital's heaviest fighting for months had killed 113 civilians.
The Elman Peace and Human Rights Organisation said battles between hardline Islamist rebels from the al Shabaab group and pro-government forces had also wounded 330 people in the failed Horn of Africa state since the end of last week.
It said at least 27,000 civilians had fled the city.
The bloodshed has caused splits in both heavily armed sides: there was a deadly clash on Monday between police and soldiers, then a rift broke out in the opposition after a veteran warlord stoked rivalries between two insurgent factions.
Sheikh Yusuf Mohamed Siad, also known as "Inda'ade" or "white eyes", handed control of his hundreds of fighters and 19 battle wagons -- pickup trucks mounted with heavy weapons -- to Sheikh Hassan Dahir Aweys, another senior opposition leader.
That angered Shabaab leaders, who are also fighting the country's fragile new government. Washington accuses both Aweys and the Shabaab group of having links to al Qaeda.
"Shabaab wants to behead Sheikh Yusuf," said a relative of Inda'ade, Aden Hussein. "They ordered Sheikh Hassan to give up him and his weapons, but Aweys said he prefers to fight Shabaab."
One of Aweys' bodyguards told Reuters tensions were high.
"Shabaab and Sheikh Hassan are deadlocked. I can't talk much ... the situation is serious," he said, declining to be named.
The influential Aweys is a member of Hizbul Islam, an umbrella group of opposition organisations that includes his Alliance for the Re-Liberation of Somalia.
Tuesday's split came a day after six government troops were killed by police who said they clashed after catching the soldiers smuggling weapons to the insurgents.
On Monday, new Somali President Sheikh Sharif Ahmed accused the rebels of working for unnamed foreign governments he said were determined to undermine his administration. [ID:nLB035132]
Somalia has been in chaos since 1991 when warlords toppled strongman Mohamed Siad Barre before turning on each other.
More than 16,000 civilians have been killed by fighting since the start of 2007, more than 1 million have been driven from their homes and about 3 million survive on food aid.
Source: Reuters, May 12, 2009
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Diidgaal
Lama huraan waa cowska jiilaal ama isku dheji dhul
aadan lahayn ama isku camcami ciid aadan lahayn. waad
ogtahay Galgaduud inay ku sugeyso markii wiilka ugu danbeeya
uu kaaga dhinto meel aysan dani kugu jirin. Mashruucaas wuxuu
bilowday sedex sano ka hor welina waa lgu guda jiraa.
Marna Itoobinyan, Amisom marna belaayo aan la ogeyn oo socda
oo uun korkaaga ka filo. Mar ay ahaataba taariikhda waa lais kiin
weydiin meshaad ku dhibicdeen hadeydaan is daba qaban qowm yahow wada
dugaaga noqday. Calamado gaalnimada waxaa ah nin gowracaya nin muslim ah.
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Gaalka waa kan ay isimadaada adis ababa ugu tagayaan
fuleynimo dartii. Annagana muqdishaan ka ceyrsanay
ee meelahaaga iska yac yac lee. Kolleyba gaalada marjey
tagaan, ama waad tagi ama anaa ku lahaan oo aad ii hari.
Ma isugu biyo shubatay boor iyo meel haraad badan oo
weli qarax ah. Yaa kugu qasbay waadigii jubooyinka iyo
shabeelooyinka car cari jiray oo baarlamaan ka soo
geli jirayee? Waa dhamaatay been iyo xaaraan ku naaxnimo.
Gaal markuu baxana waxaad ahaan tuko canbaar leh.
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Gaal baa ku dhaama sida kaa muuqata oo ah af xumo,
xishood la'aan iyo isir mooryaanimo. Yaa ka badiya maanta
baryada, cararka, darxumada iyo qaxootinimada.
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Sahalsiiloow,
Haddii aysan soo bixin karin shabaab maxaad u qabsan weyday
meelaha ay kaa qabsadeen adiga iyo dabadhilifyada gaalo
raaca ah? KKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKK
Wallee hadal sidii dumarkii mooyee inaan weligiin awood
laydinku sheegin aan ahayn inaad gaalo tiraahdaan noo
dagaalama. Laakiin waxaad ku fiican tihiin waad taqaanaan
sida loo cararo iyo meelaha xuduudaha laga galo.
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Alshabab xalay diyaarado Mareykan baa ku kor
heehaabayey, waana sababta aysan maanta u soo bixin.
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