STORY: SNA AND AMISOM TROOPS CAPTURE BUULO

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DATELINE: 30
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/AUGUST/2014, BULO MAREER, SOMALIA

SHOTLIST

1. Wide shot, AMISOM and SNA troops entering BuuloMareer town
2. Med shot, AMISOM and SNA troops enter BuuloMareer town
3. Close up shot, AMISOM forces planning a rocket launch
4. Med shot, Rockets being prepared for launching from an AMISOM armed tank
5. Med shot, AMISOM Uganda mobile rocket launcher 107 firing into Al-Shabaab
positions
6. Wide shot, BuuloMareer town
7. Close up shot, Motorbike burning in along a street in the town
8. Wide shot, Buildings in central BuuloMareer
9. Wide shot, AMISOM Vehicles entering town
10. SOUNDBITE: (ENGLISH) Brig. Gen. Dick Olum, Uganda AMISOM Contingent
Commander.
It was a well planned operation under battle group commander battle group no.12
Col. Emmy Mulindwa with the 37 battalion, 43 battalion and 61battalion. This
location of BuuloMareer was actually the responsibility of 37 battalion and they
moved in smartly, consciously and we took over the city at exactly 1.30hours. So it
means our operation has been so successful and it means we planned very well.
11. Med shot, AMISOM Uganda battle group no.12 commander Col. Emmy
Mulindwa
12. Wide shot, AMISOM forces
13. Med shot, Governor Lower Shabelle regional government Abdul Kadir JS Siidi
14. Wide shot, AMISOM forces entering town
15. SOUNDBITE: (ENGLISH) Brig. Gen. Dick Olum, Uganda AMISOM Contingent
commander:
The Al-Shabaab really resisted, they fought very hard for it, you can see the tyres
they burnt in the town and you can see how they were firing on us from the roof top
but I am not so sure they have all fled towards Barawe, of course you very well know
my next target is Barawe and as soon as I am through Bulo Mareer and
Kurtunwaarey, am moving to Barawe.
16. Wide shot, AMISOM Uganda forces going through town
17. Wide shot, AMISOM Uganda forces entering town
18. SOUNDBITE: (ENGLISH) Abdul Kadir JS Siidi, Governor, Lower Shabelle:
We appreciate the Ugandan AMISOM force. They came by force and they beat the
al-Shabaab, al-Qaeda like a child with stick. Now that we have captured
BuuloMareer, we are going to Barawe and Kurtunwaarey.
19. Wide shot, AMISOM Uganda forces in town


STORY

The Somali National Army together with the African Union Mission in Somalia
have launched a joint military offensive, dislodging the al Shabaab from the town
of BuuloMareer.

The town is located approximately 150 km South of the Capital Mogadishu in the
Lower Shabeelle region.

BullowMareer served as a major route for the al Shabaab through which deadly
explosive devices were channeled to the rest of Somalia.
The town also provided the insurgents with steady income obtained through
extortion and forceful taxation of residents and travellers.

Speaking after the capture of the town, Brig. Gen. Dick Olum, Uganda AMISOM
Contingent Commander said the operation has been well-planned and coordinated.

It was a well-planned operation under battle group commander battle group no.12
Col. Emmy Mulindwa with the 37 battalion, 43 battalion and 61 battalion. This
location of BuuloMareer was actually the responsibility of 37 battalion and they
moved in smartly, consciously and we took over the city at exactly 1.30hours. So it
means our operation has been so successful and it means we planned very well, he
said.

The joint SNA and AMISOM troops faced stiff resistance from the insurgents as they
tried to capture the town.

The Al-Shabaab really resisted, they fought very hard for it, you can see the tyres
they burnt in the town and you can see how they were firing on us from the roof top
but I am not so sure they have all fled towards Barawe, of course you very well know
my next target is Barawe and as soon as I am through BuuloMareer and
Kurtunwaarey, am moving to Barawe.


The troops were welcomed into the town by Governor of the Lower Shabelle Region
Abdul Kadir JS Siidi.

We appreciate the Ugandan AMISOM force. They came by force and they beat the
al-Shabaab, al-Qaeda like a child with stick. Now that we have captured
BuuloMareer, we are going to Barawe and Kurtunwaarey.

The operation launched by the SNA and AMISOM troops seeks to liberate more
territory from the al Shabaab insurgents, create a safe and stable environment for
the Somali people.

End.