flatbed trucks mounted with heavy machineguns or anti-aircraft guns that are fired horizontally -- had been moved to two camps outside the city. Yusuf is a friend of Ethiopia, the region's top military power, but he has no powerbase in Mogadishu. Many Somalis are hostile to what they see as attempts by their huge, nominally Christian-led neighbour to dictate events in the region. On Thursday, the African Union approved a plan to send Ugandan and Sudanese troops to help Yusuf's government relocate, but the Mogadishu faction says such a deployment before the government resolves its row will only worsen Somalia's crisis. Muse Sudi, speaking at a rally on Saturday, reiterated that his militia was prepared to fight AU forces if they arrived before the government had sorted out its disputes. "Black African soldiers should stay away from the Somalia crisis. If they deviate (from this policy) and arrive here, they will die on the Somali battleground," he said.
