Somalia’s Transitional Federal Government (TAG) vowed today to defeat insurgents who are waging war against it in 100 days.
Speaking to reporters in a press conference, the Minister of Information Mr. Farhan Ali Mohamud said that the TFG will cleanse insurgents from Mogadishu in 100 days and also alluded to the possibility of the TFG cleansing insurgent in the next 100 days from all parts of the country.
The Minister added that the TFG was able to have the upper hand in the recent clashes in Mogadishu and said that insurgents either fled for their lives or melted into the civilian population.
At the time the Minister was speaking at the press conference, heavy fighting was raging in Yaaqshiid district, particularly in the areas near Yaaqshiid Police Station and Fagax Intersection while the insurgents claimed that they have taken control of areas formerly controlled by government forces.
The Minister also spoke about civilians who were killed yesterday by government forces saying that they were killed after insurgents went into the mosques. The Minister said that the government is investigating the incident and that those are found guilty will be brought before an Islamic
court.
The Minister concluded his remarks by condemning the recent kidnapping of the Director of Universal TV Mr. Ibrahim Jeekey.
Source: HOL
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