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.
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http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/04/09/AR2010040902326.html
(Alokesh Gupta, India)
