Beruflich Dokumente
Kultur Dokumente
been under Al Shabaab rule for more than 8 years. The women shed tears of
joy as they narrated their ordeal in the hands of the militants.
Shukri Imam Abdullahi, a resident of the town, cannot hide his excitement. Al
Shabaab fined my brother with 800,000 ($40) for he was consuming tobacco
which they had banned. So I begged that money from the people of Dinsoor
to save my brother. In Al Shabaab reign there was no freedom whatsoever.
They will interfere with your personal freedom, they used to instruct us to have
socks, have veils, there were a lot DOs and DONTs here all the time We
were fed up with Al Shabaab, he says.
Diinsoor was a lifeline for the Al Shabaab, as it was one of the remaining
strategic places where they got their financial proceeds. It was also the place
where they planned most of the atrocities they committed.
Diinsoor District Commissioner Ibrahim Mohamed Noor explains, Dinsoor
was the main headquarters of Al Shabaab. It was where they masterminded
attacks to Mogadishu, the capital of Somalia, it was where they got finances
and the garage nearby here is where they used to prepare the explosives.
This district is very strategic for the ISWA administration and Al Shabaab
knows it. Residents here will tell you how they slaughtered human beings
from every corner of Somalia in this town. Now that brutality is over and there
is no more explosives and financial collection for their evil actions.
A quick survey of the town reveals there was a halt in the provision of
essential social services during the Al Shabaab reign here. An example is the
Diinsoor Hospital, now a pale shadow of its former self. The derelict hospital
building has since the liberation of the town started minimal operations but
lacks drugs. The hospitals pharmacy is empty, with a few boxes of expired
drugs scattered on the floor. But thanks to partners, relief supplies started
arriving in the town in August. The government is also working tirelessly to
ensure a return of basic social services.
Like Baardheere, which was captured by a combined military force of
AMISOM troops from ENDF and KDF, Diinsoor was liberated without major
military confrontation.
The militants could not take the fire-power from the troops and many of them
retreated, when the troops approached the town.
We captured Baardheere in the morning around 8.00 am. No force entered
Baardheere before us. We also captured Dinsoor at 8.00 am, it was
announced by the media. The enemy did all it could to stop us before they run
away. Because these places are strategic positions, it was not expected that
they would leave easily. After this, we will continue fighting Al Shabab and
also if it is necessary by adding non-AMISOM forces. So we can use any
force we have to destroy Al Shabaab. Future operations will be well analyzed
and planned. We shall engage them by surprise attack using our forces
mentioned. This operation will continue in all the three regions of Bakool, said
Col. Yemane Gabre Mikael, AMISOM Sector 3 Contingent Commander.
END