Saturday, 20th, 2012.
Around four operations were carried out by Somali National
Security Agencies, NSSA and African Union Mission in Somalia, AMISOM. They have managed to take over a strategic
village, Leego, the furthest village in lower Shabelle region, linking Bay and
Lower Shabelle region. NSSA and AMISOM have also managed to arrest many people
suspected of being behind string of attacks against them.
Shebabs, on the other hand, were able to carry out at least 6 attacks
against NSSA and AMISOM in various parts of the country.
Ordinary citizens and
and journalists were also killed or wounded, around 10 people were killed and
more than 20 wounded.
Reports and Analysis.
Hiiraan reported
details that shed light to a grenade that was lobbed to a wedding on Friday,
19th 2012: dancing between men and women to celebrate a wedding.
If so, such attacks are typically carried by Shebab
and thier supporters. Scholars who even support
this group don't approve such acts, neither do they condemn it.
Up to 20 people were wounded as reported by local and international
news agencies on Saturday, October 20th, 2012.
iiraan have also reportsed the death of two civilians and 3 injuries after a suspected Shebab supporter
threw a hand grenade to a popular restaurant in Heliwa, Banadir region. The
target was a Somali soldier, but many civilians were harmed, as reported[3].
Up to now, it appears Shebab supporters have killed 5 and wounded
10 people into two days. This is is a very conservative figure.
BBC Somali Service reported today, Saturday 20th,
2012, in its afternoon program, an operation against the insurgent carried out
by members of NSSA, in which tens of people suspected
of being members of Shebab or accused of committing crimes were apprehended.
The security of the
town has improved as string of operations ware carried out by NSSA. The government
appears to have delivered one of its promises, improved security.
A yamani citizens accused of importing assortment of weapons
was today sentenced by Puntland state of Somalia.
Sentences against Shebab suspects and other groups in
Mogadishu are not generally broadcasted, a lost deterrence.
One person was reported to have been killed in Marka, Lower
Shabelle region[4]. This
makes the people killed this week 4, 2 of them killed by Shebab supporters, and
23 injured, most of them carried out by Shebab supporters.
Conflicting reports are coming out from a mine that harmed
some Ethiopian soldiers in Baladwayne, Hiiraan, a central Somalia region[5].
Some say it was planted for them, others say they were de-mining[6].
A journalist working for Shebelle Media was wounded in Madina
district, Mogadishu, Somalia[7].
An official from this media house informed BBC Somali service in its afternoon
program of 21 October, 2012, that the journalist was saved by members of Somali
security forces from attempts by his assailants to finish him, but they did not
pursue them for the purpose of brining them to justice.
Some sites have reported missile attack by members of Shebab
on Afmadow district, Lower Jubba region, in which five civilians were wounded[8].
Pro-Shebab sites, such as amiirnuur.com and somalimemo.net, have also reported
this, omitting civilian casualties, on October 22, 2012. This increases the number of people wounded by
Shebab this week to 15.
Monday, October 22nd, 2012.
Two separate attack s were reported today by BBC Somali
service in its programs, carried out by Shebab, one was minor, a grenade was lobbed
to Kismayo district center, and another was a direct confrontation at two separate
places in Baidhabo, Bay region[9].
Numbers were not made available.
Two other separate attacks were also reported on the same
site, between Kulbiyow and Badhaadhe, lower Jubba region[10].
This information was not widely reported
by local and international organizations.
Tuesday, October 23rd, 2012.
Neither VOA nor BBC
Somali service reported today conflicts in south-central Somalia today.
However, BBC has reported an explosion in Las-anod, Sool region, in which 4
people were wounded, including a man suspected of having planted the mine[11].
Otherwise, Somalia was peaceful today.
Wednesday, October 24th, 2012.
Conflicting reports are emerging about conflict in Kismayo,
Lower Jubba region. BBC Somali service reported two separate attacks conducted
by Shebab[12], one
at the airport and another at via Afmadow, a section of Kismayo city, Somalia.
Both sites were military basis. But some sites and Somali government officials
confirmed only one grenade attack in Kismayo[13].
A journalist working for Universal TV was also killed in
Las-Anod, Sool region. The incident was widely reported to day. Reasons for his
killing have not been revealed nor were suspects apprehended.
Thrusday, 25, 2012.
Somali National Army, SNA and African Union Mission in
Somalia, AMISOM have attacked position of Shebab in Leego, the last village in
lower shabelle region. They have managed to take over the village[1].
A mini-bus carrying civilians travelling from Baidhabo, Bay
region, to Walla-wayn, Lower Shabelle region, was hit by an explosion that
killed at least 6 people and many more were injured[2].
VOA Somali section says it spoke to eye witnesses who stated
that the explosion was a missile thrown by Somali government forces or their
allies, African Union Mission in Somalia[3].
However, witnesses who spoke to AFP did not know who fired
the missile. Also many Somali sites stated that the missile that hit the
mini-bus was unintentional[4].
Accounts from local and international sites agree that there
was a war going on between Shebab and Somali government forces, and its allies.
In any case, no senior government official spoke about the
matter. This is unfortunate. The matter
ought to be investigated and casualties compensated if the government is
responsible about their harm. Silence favors impunity and continuation of such
events.
Friday, October 26, 2012.
Somali National Army, SNA and African Union Mission in
Somali army, AMISOM, is said to have attacked Shebab basis in the outskirts of
Afgooye district, Lower Shabelle region[5].
I have not seen in any other site report this information.
The same site also reported skirmishes between members of
SNA in Bakara market, Mogadishu, Somalia. One died during the confrontation[6].
As far I know the event was not reported
by other sites, be local or international.
The same site have also reported a off duty Kenyan army officer being
killed in Hagardheere, a refugee camp in northeastern part of Kenya, populated
by Somali refugees[7]. I
was able to confirm this information from BBC Somali service interviews with
people n this camp.
[1] AFP.
“Six civilians killed in Somalia fighting: witnesses” October 25, 2012. http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5gAljTnNxJVIdHoafE-yhgKpEdr4Q?docId=CNG.e948f75582c629a7eb61956930e63223.121
[2] See
number 15.
[4]
See jowhar.com, somaliweyn.com and others, on thrusday, october 25th,
2012.
[5] Tafatiraha
Webka Dayniile."" Dagaal khasaare geystay oo galabta duleedlka
Afgooye ku dhexmaray ciidamada huwanta iyo Al-Shabaab Dayniile.com. WEB.
Accessed October 26kii, 2012.
[6] Tafatiraha
Webka Dayniile."Ciidamo ka wada tirsan dowlada Somalia oo galabta isku
rasaaseeyey gudaha Suuqa Bakaaraha"
Dayniile.com. Shabakad.Waxaan furtay Oktober 26kii, 2012.
[7] Tafatiraha
Webka Dayniile Dayniile.com. "Kooxo hubeysan oo askari Kenyan ah ku
toogtay xerada Qaxootiga Soomaalida Xagardheer". Shabakad.Waxaan furtay Oktober 26kii, 2012.
[1] Maxamed
Xaji Xussen “Kooxo hubeysan oo Kismaayo ku dilay nin shacab ah iyo dagaal ka
dhacay Koontarool ku yaalla Waqooyiga Magaaladaas”. Hiiraan.com, oktober 20, 2012. Shabakad. Waxaan furtay 26kii
Oktober, 2012. http://www.hiiraan.com/news/2012/Oct/wararka_maanta20-19626.htm
[2] Maxamed Xaji Xussen, “ Askari ka tirsan
Booliiska Kenya oo xalay lagu rasaaseeyay Magaalada Gaarisa oo ah Xarunta
Gobolka Waqooyi-Bari Kenya” Okotber 20, 2012. Hiiraan.com. Shabakad. Waxaan
furtay taariikhda markay ahayd 26kii bisha Okotber, 2012. http://www.hiiraan.com/news/2012/Oct/wararka_maanta20-19627.htm
[3] Maxamed
Xaji Xussen “Weerarro dhimasho iyo dhaawac geystay oo lagu Qaaday Xaflad Aroos
iyo Maqaahi ku taalla Magaalada Muqdisho”. Hiiraan.com. Oktober, 2012. Waxaan
furtay taariikhda markay ahayd 26kii bisha Oktober, 2012.
http://www.hiiraan.com/news/2012/Oct/wararka_maanta20-19629.htm
[4] "Rag
hubaysan oo xalay ku dilay qof rayid ah", Jowhar.com, 21 oktober, 2012, WEB. accessed October, 26th, 2012. < http://www.jowhar.com/news.php?readmore=2789>
[5] “Maamulka
gobollka Hiiraan oo ka warbixiyay qarax maanta ka dhacay magaalada Baladweyne”
Hiiraan.com, 21 Oktober, WEB. Accessed 26th, 2012. http://www.hiiraan.com/news/2012/Oct/wararka_maanta21-19650.htm
[6] “Qarax Miino oo askar ka tirsan Ciidamada
Itoobiya ku geeriyoodeen oo ka dhacay B/weyn” Jowhar.com, 21 Oktober,
2012, WEB, Access 26th, october, 2012, http://www.jowhar.com/news.php?readmore=2793
[7] “Wariye
ka tirsan Idaacada Shabelle oo caawa lagu dhaawacay degmada Wadajir” Jowhar.com, 21 oktober, 2012. WEB. Accessed
26th, 2012.< http://www.jowhar.com/news.php?readmore=2795>
[8] [8] “Maleeshiyaadka Al-Shabaab oo xalay Madaafiic
ku weeraray Saldhig ay ciidamada Dowladda Soomaaliya ku lahaayeen Deegaanka
Afmadow ee Gobolka J/Hoose” Somaliweyn.com,
21 oktober, 2012. WEB. Accessed on 26th, 2012. <http://www.somaliweyn.com/pages/news/Oct_2012/22Oct4.html>.
[9] “Weerar
lagu qaaday xarunta Kismaayo” BBC Somali
Service, oktober, 22, 2012. Waxaan furtay 26th, 2012. Shabakad.< http://www.bbc.co.uk/somali/war/2012/10/121022_kismaayo.shtml
[10] Warkaan
wuxuu ku soo baxay shabakadda dayniile.com, taariikhda markay ahayd 22kii bisha
Oktober, 2012. Cinwaanka wuxuu ahaa “Ciidamo Kenyan ah oo galabta lagu weeraray
wadada isku xirta degaanada Badhaadhe iyo Kulbiyow”. Dayniile.com. Waxaan
furtay 26kii bisha Oktober, 2012.
[11] Qaraxyo
ka dhacay Laas-caanood”. BBC laanteeda af-soomaaliga, october 23, 2012. http://www.bbc.co.uk/somali/maqal_iyo_muuqaal/2012/10/121023_qaraxyo_laascaanood.shtml
[12] http://www.bbc.co.uk/somali/
idaacadda duhurnimo, daqiiqada 6aad wixii ka dambeeya.
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