Friday, April 09, 2010

Somali Islamists seize radio transmitters for BBC

By MOHAMED OLAD HASSAN
The Associated Press
Friday, April 9, 2010; 12:35 PM

MOGADISHU, Somalia -- Somali Islamists on Friday seized radio transmitters that let the local population hear news programs from the British Broadcasting Corporation, witnesses said.

Militia group al-Shabab accused the BBC of broadcasting anti-Islamic propaganda.

Resident Jibril Abdi said the extremist group's fighters confiscated FM radio transmitters in the capital of Mogadishu. Other witnesses reported the same in other towns.

continued story from Washington Post at:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/04/09/AR2010040902326.html
(Alokesh Gupta, India)