Somalia: Ethiopia recaptures border town, arms rebel militiamen.

bokool 18 Fabaury 2009 Waagacusub Media

Hundreds of Ethiopian troops with fifty military vehicles recaptured the border town of Yeed in Bakol region in southwest Somalia on Wednesday morning, witnesses told Waagacusub Media - as the Ethiopian government earlier denied that its troops crossed the border into Somalia.

Residents said that the Ethiopian troops arrested several people from the town and taken them to unknown destination.

"The Ethiopians re-entered the village early this morning and they set up positions in and outside of the town, we don't why they came here," a local resident told Waagacusub.

The tension is high in Bakol region as the people began fleeing the town for possible attack from the Islamic insurgents in the region.

In other news, the Ethiopian government began arming some of former TFG militiamen at the border regions to fight against the new government led by moderate Sharif Sheik Ahmed.

Some of the government officials, that driven away out of Baidoa by the extremist group of Al-Shabab two ago, are now in Hudur town of Bakol region for regrouping to attack Baidao which was the seat of the Transitional Federal Government.

Ethiopia ended two years occupation and pulled out its troops from Mogadishu and other key town last month after peace deal reached in Djibouti between the Alliance for Re-liberation Somalia and Transitional Federal Government.

By:Dahir Abdulle Alasow
Dahiralasow@yahoo.com