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Ethiopian Troops

Ethiopian troops in armoured vehicles crossed into two border towns in south central Somalia.

residenta man in Bakol capital Wajid told Sarmaanyo that he saw ethopian with their Vehicles intered the town early time if  Sunday.

“Ethiopian troops entered El Barde yesterday and arrested several people . They were onboard armoured vehicles and were searching for a well-known local man who also works with  the rebel groups.

“The man escaped, but they took with them his wife and three children. They also took the escaped man’s brother and family. The troops have now gone but I understand they are in the outskirts of the town.”

Ethiopia invaded its Horn of Africa neighbour with tacit US support at the end of 2006 to oust an Islamist movement that was running the capital Mogadishu and much of the south.

The Ethiopian military officially withdrew in January last year.

Officials in Addis Ababa routinely deny that Ethiopian soldiers are on Somali soil, although they say they are providing security advice and training for Somalia’s forces