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Somali Insurgents Take Over Police Stations As Ethiopian Troops Pull Out

MOGADISHU, Somalia — Islamic insurgents appeared to be scrambling for power Saturday, taking over several police stations in the capital as Ethiopian troops who have been propping up the government began to pull out, witnesses said.

Many fear the Ethiopian pullout _ and last month's resignation of Somalia's president _ will cause Islamic militant groups to fight among themselves for power, bringing even more chaos to this beleaguered Horn of African nation.

"We have to show commitment to do our part in security, we want to help people feel secure," Abdirahim Issa Adow, a spokesman for one wing of the insurgency, told The Associated Press after deploying troops to three of Mogadishu's 14 police stations.

His Union of Islamic Courts is not allied to the most powerful insurgent group, al-Shabab, which has taken over most of Somalia.

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