Mogadishu (Sunatimes) Reports
from port city of Kismayo in Lower Jubba region say Al-Shabaab militia has shut
down its military bases and training camps in and around Kismayo in fear of
foreign air strikes.
Reliable sources in
Kismayo told Bar-Kulan that Al-Shabaab militia has abandoned over eleven
significant places such as training camps, military bases and firearms deport.
Among areas deserted by
Al-Shabaab militias includes a military base inside the former meat processing
factory, west of the city, and tarpaulin-made camp used by foreign Al-Shabaab
elements in Somalia.
Al-shabaab militia has
also emptied several other strategic bases like a training camp in Gob-Weyn
area, 7 km East of Kismayo town and other places in Qoqani and Birta-Der areas
at the outskirts of the port city of kismayo.
Al-Shabaab militia has
on the other hand restructured its use of battle-wagons and weapons in Kismayo,
banning convoys of battle-wagons when traveling to other places for security
reasons.
The militia also
ordered its ‘Hisbada’, a special unit of the militia that normally prowl inside
residential areas to refrain wearing military uniforms and instead dress in
normal civilian clothes.
Leaders of the
Al-Shabaab militia in Jubba regions are reportedly worried about the increased
foreign air strikes against their bases in the area.
Just recently a US
drone attacked Al-Shabaab bases in Qandal area at the outskirts of kismayo town
injuring several suspected foreign Al-Shabaab militias.
Earlier the US defence
ministry has revealed that it will send US drones to Al-Shabaab controlled
areas in the region to eliminate foreign elements in Somalia.
Washington’s army base
in Djibouti is getting ready to serve as hub operation for drone attacks in the
region, thus making easier any air strike need to eliminate militants in the
Horn of Africa.
By Faduma Farah
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Al-Shabaab withdraws from its military bases in Lower Jubba
Al-shabaab militia has also emptied several other strategic bases like a training camp