Hiiraan Online
Sunday, July 05, 2009
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MOGADISHU (HOL) - Somalia’s Transitional Federal Government said today that AMISOM troops will begin to fight alongside its troops from now. Until now, AMISOM troops have limited their operations to guarding few strategic places in the city including the sea and air ports as well as the Presidential Palace.Speaking at a press conference held in Mogadishu, the Prime Minister of the TFG Mr. Omar Abdirashid Sharma-arke said that in the coming hours, AMISOM troops will begin to fight alongside the TFG troops to support the TFG troops in defeating Islamic insurgents who have been gaining strength lately. This news cannot come soon enough for the besieged TFG and its supporters who have recently suffered a series of high profile set backs and military defeats at the hands of insurgents.
The Prime Minister also said that the number of AMISOM troops will soon be increased to 8,000 and that this decision was taken at the AU leaders meeting last week in Sirte, Libya.
The Prime Minister also said that the TFG cabinet welcomed the resolutions from AU leaders in Libya which include the provision of military and financial support to the TFG and the imposition of blockades on the sea and air ports controlled by groups waging war against the TFG.
The Prime Minister concluded his remarks by saying that the TFG will defeat insurgents with the help of the international community which, he said, has now declared its support for the TFG.