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A demonstration celebrating the merger of AS and Al-Qaeda was organized by AS officials in Baidoa. Businesses and schools were closedto allow for the participation of a maximum number of people. AS top officials including Sheikh Mukhtar Roobow, Sheikh Garweyne and Ma'alim Garwale addressed the public gathering. In their speeches the AS officials mentioned that the merger was decided to combat the formation of a wide foreign anti-AS alliance. They added that the AS will from now on operate under the AQ banner. Local sources indicate that the demonstration was poorly attended. |
