Monday, August 18, 2008

Ethiopians withdrawing from Mogadishu

Port of Mogadishu
Ethiopian troops are loading their heavy weaponry onto ships at Mogadishu port and will be heading toward Somaliland's Berbera port.

The Ethiopians are loading some 49 military tanks and 91 artillery carrier vehicles onto ships along with thousands of soldiers, a Press TV correspondent reported Sunday.

Also more than 5,000 Ethiopian soldiers have traveled on foot from Mogadishu to Afgoya on their way to Baidoa town, a senior Somali government official told Press TV on condition of anonymity. He described the move as 'a real surprise'.

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