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Somali army recruits are using sticks instead of guns as they train for combat against battle-hardened Islamist rebels.

Inaga daa ciyaarta haddaba !!

Somali army recruits are using sticks instead of guns as they train for combat against battle-hardened Islamist rebels. Lacking equipment and training, Somalia's prime minister said a planned army offensive will be gradual instead of a blitzkrieg.

The offensive, repeatedly delayed for months, would be the government's biggest attempt to restore control over an anarchic nation where an Islamist insurgency has taken root and whose coastline is dotted with pirate lairs.

Officials familiar with the offensive's planning said the delays are partly due to the army's lack of equipment, training and a reliable system to pay its soldiers – problems the European Union hopes to address by training 2,000 troops under a plan approved Wednesday.

Pouring cold water on perceptions the offensive will begin with an all-out assault, Prime Minister Omar Abdirashid Ali Sharmarke said it will be a slow expansion of the small area under government control.

"It is not a big push. It will be gradual and well-planned," Sharmarke said.

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Somali army recruits are using sticks instead of guns as they train for combat against battle-hardened Islamist rebels.

Inaga daa ciyaarta haddaba !!

Al shabab can defeat somalidiid in 2 days you're very lucky you live north

as soon as muqdisho is cleansed of secular rats the next stop will be hargeeysa..

as soon as muqdisho is cleansed of secular rats the next stop will be hargeeysa..

Amiin inadeer

We have all seen the impression one thief {godane} can has had on you dooros , in Hargeysa live people who believe in Allah .My sub/subclan alone can destroy you in a matter of 48hrs , we don't negotiate or surrender to dooros , we destroy them . We have done it before , I swear The thief {Godane } and the mute {Zeylaci} both know it !