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Nothing to worry, says Premier

Islamists hiding in Mogadishu

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JUBILATION: A woman holds Somalia's flag in Kismayu on Thursday.

MOGADISHU: Remnants of Somalia's Islamist movement still pose a threat in the capital, said the Interior Minister on Thursday, days after his Government's and Ethiopian troops chased most of the militiamen from Mogadishu.

``There are 3,500 Islamists hiding in Mogadishu and the surrounding areas and they are likely to destabilise the security of the city,'' Hussein Aideed told journalists at a news conference. At a separate news conference, Mr. Gedi played down the threat and disputed Mr. Aideed's figure of Islamists.

Over the past 10 days, troops of Somalia's transitional government and Ethiopian forces routed the Islamist movement, which had controlled most of southern Somalia.

AP

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