Shabelle Media Network (Mogadishu)
5 January 2009
Garbaharey — Ethiopian troops with more military trucks accompanied by Somali militias have reached in Garbaharey, a provincial capital of Gedo region in western Somalia, witnesses said on Monday.
Col. Barre Aden Shire, a warlord is leading the Somali militias.
Residents say other Ethiopian troops reached in Qansahdhere town in Gedo region early on Monday.
Residents started to flee from the towns in fear of the Ethiopian soldiers and left their houses behind. The Ethiopian soldiers have been keep coming and going in Somalia for the last three weeks.
Ethiopia invaded Somalia in 2006 to rescue an embattled transitional administration and oust the Islamic Courts Union (ICU), which had taken control of most of the country.
But in the past week, Ethiopia has started to wind down its military operations in Somalia.
Ethiopia's continued presence in Somalia has been one of the main grievances expressed by the Islamist insurgents and allied clan militias.
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