Aljazeera News - Ethiopian troops enter Somali town - Aug 29, 2009

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Ethiopian troops enter Somali town

Ethiopian troops have crossed into neighbouring Somalia and seized control of a town from Islamist fighters, witnesses say.

Hundreds of troops reportedly entered the strategically important town of Beledweyne on Saturday.

Abdinur Ahmed Maow, a local resident, told The Associated Press news agency that the armed opposition fighters had left "without a single shot".

Abdulahi Faramiliq, another resident of Beledweyne, said that the troops were cordoning off residential areas and going from house to house searching for weapons.

However, General Muqtar Hassan Afrah, the Somali military commander in the region, denied that any Ethiopian troops were in the region.

Unpopular presence

Ethiopian forces withdrew from Somalia in January as part of a peace deal, more than two years after moving in to help the UN-backed interim government battle the Islamic Courts' Union, which had seized control of much of the south and centre of the country.

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Their presence was unpopular with the majority of Somalis and was used by local Islamist groups as a recruiting tool.

Rashid Abdi, a Kenya-based Somalia analyst with the International Crisis Group, said that it is unlikely that Ethiopia is planning to send a larger force across the border.

"It's a strategic town for them," he said, referring to the Beledweyne's location near the border.

"They want a buffer zone and they won't allow it to be in hostile hands."

There have been several reports of Ethiopian troops crossing the border in recent months, but the Somali government has not confirmed their presence.

Somalia's government is struggling to control the country, despite including several factions of the Islamic Courts' Union.

Fighters from al-Shabaab and Hizb ul-Islam groups have seized control of large areas of the country and have vowed to topple the administration of Sheikh Sharif Ahmed, the current president and former Islamic Courts leader.

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[BIZZIB3ATZ]

fuck Kenya fuck ethiopia and fuck al shabab

soomaliaa tooso mother fucker

if you dont like it eat my dick

we will get past this shit and all of thoz

brain washed kids that al shabab is fucking over will realiz that thy are the wrong ones and if thy dont wen we will get rid of them our selfs and dont need help

from the likes of thiopia

[CushiticSomalianMale]

he, these ethopians are jelous because in 1977 we had half of their entire population mele zenawi-lookalike population, killed and rapped... so now they just envious, besides everybody knows us Somalians dont give up easily plus Black Hawk down, proved that fact, u idiot... ur ignorance and arrogance makes me laugh, lol

[mewww50]

what a disgraceful, this fella cant even get his points across, and am buffled how can he represent a somali community views and ALjazera plse get a educated respresentatives next time or ur broadcasting will be a relic and 3rd world value.

Dr mohamed

[dieisplayer]

@CushiticSomalianMale

its true fuck ethiopia

[dieisplayer]

goddamn ethiopia and ethiopians

your country is starving but

why do you attack Somalia?

somalia fucks ethiopia!

[torn424]

wait so why did the USA get Ethiopia to attack the islamic courts in Somalia, they were actually working and stability was coming to Somalia.

[handsomeboy490]

@BIZZIB3ATZ Fuck Kenya & Ethiopia? Kenya is the first hiding place 4 all hyenas who screw up their countries like Amin, Mengistu, obote, former SHIFTA and your former president Siad Barre before they decide where to run to next. Countless somalians have found refuge and some are become Kenyan citizens yet you are so ungrateful. Prophet Muhamad (s.a.w) warned against extremism. Blood thirst Al shabab claims Kenyas N.East & Ethiopia Ogaden disregarding international borders at independence.

[Falisia11]

@mysticx0 LOL I knw ur comment is 6 months ago n too late to reply but I absoluetly support ur coment, couldnt say any other way.. since the earth ws made africans were alrdy killin each other while other continents were startin to compete for tech n succesful future.. The bloody cvil war took my childhood away, Only God can fix Africa as whole and Somalia wow we r wiping ourslves out of the map n soon wil become extinct like the dinosours truly. n u right bot the white suportd _say free weapons

[Axmedkoole]

Funny how Aljazeera interviews a fella who can't even speak English. Why picked him?

[Assumal]

Hey, every one knows Somali refugees are there, but it is not shame, what abt you Ethiopians, your refugees are also every where, in Kenya, Uganda, etc. and Somalis are better than you in fighting, and also they know how to make money, how to make business, the have the biggest business in South Africa, but your people are dying of starvation in Ethiopia,

[sartte]

@CushiticSomalianMale Yeah we all know you make good targets to shoot.

[mysticx0]

good ol' africa...

black owned. white supported.

its a whole continent on welfare. is anyone surprised?

keep killing each other. please. the world is kind of tired of supporting a continent full of people who only perpetuate their own problems.

to live in such a place and still bring a child into it....i cant think of a better clear cut definition of EVIL.