Somali government tightens the security rebels prepare to launch attacks on the occasion of Ramadan

epa02284141 A Somali government soldier uses his mobile phone as he patrols the area near the Presidential Palace during Ramadan in Mogadishu, Somalia, 12 August 2010. Somalia’s government force is tightening the security at the Presidential Palace as the country’s Al Qaeda-backed islamic militia al-Shabab has announced that the group will launch a holy war against the government during the holy month of Ramadan which started on 11 August 2010 to take over the Presidential Palace. Al-Shabab is uniting with Hizbul Islam, another Islamic extremists group led by Sheikh Hassan Dahir Aweys, to laucn attacks on Somalia’s fragile Transitional Federal Government. EPA/BADRI MEDIA