Somalia seizes weapons said to be from al-Qaeda
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A government official in Somalia says security forces have seized a boat carrying weapons that were being smuggled from al-Qaeda militants in Yemen to fighters in Somalia. Said Mohamed Rage, the minister for ports and anti-piracy efforts of the semi-autonomous region of Puntland, said Saturday that security forces seized the boat along with a Yemeni man Friday.
Rage said the boat was carrying explosives, switches, rockets, guns, ammunition and rocket-propelled grenades. Rage said the cargo was to be smuggled to radical Islamist al-Shabab fighters in southern Somalia. Al-Qaeda and al-Shabab, Somalia's most powerful militant group, announced a merger earlier this year. (AP)
