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Slideshow Somali rebels reinforce Kismayu, fears of showdown grow Tweet Share this Email Print Related News Syrian rebels take third border crossing to Turkey 11:50am EDT Somali rebels pour back into Kismayu, fears of showdown mount 10:18am EDT Libyan brigade warns of "inferno" if U.S. intervenes Tue, Sep 18 2012 U.S. embassies attacked in Yemen, Egypt after Libya envoy killed Fri, Sep 14 2012 Two days into job, Somali president survives attacks Wed, Sep 12 2012 Analysis & Opinion Poor Kenyan women robbed of choice to give birth Related Topics World » By Abdi Sheikh MOGADISHU | Wed Sep 19, 2012 12:42pm EDT MOGADISHU (Reuters) - Somalia's al Shabaab Islamist rebels fell back on their last bastion on Wednesday, pouring hundreds of fighters into the port city of Kismayu and raising fears of a bloody showdown with advancing African Union soldiers, residents said. Locals said the al Qaeda-linked insurgents drafted in militants from several outlying regions in southern Somalia. The reinforcements arrived in convoys of machinegun-mounted pickup trucks and set about building defenses, witnesses said. Somalia is a hotspot in U.S.-led efforts to combat Islamist militancy and al Shabaab is the most powerful of Somali militias spawned by two decades of conflict in an unstable region. The Al Shabaab reinforcements arrived in Kismayu a day after locals said the militia's commanders had pulled out, leaving only a small number of fighters to defend the stronghold. "Al Shabaab fighters have filled the bases and camps they abandoned in the past few days," said butcher Farah Roble. "We're terrified. Al Shabaab looks determined to fight for Kismayu," he said. Rumors swirled though Kismayu's winding alleyways that one of the militants' top three commanders was now in the city. Resident Ismail Sugow said al Shabaab had drafted in fighters from nearby Bay, Bakool and Lower Shabelle regions. A second resident said the reinforcements came from "other parts of the country". Earlier this week, Kenyan forces overran several militant outposts to the north and southwest of Kismayu, pushing to within 50 km (30 miles) of Somalia's second biggest city. Kenyan military spokesman Colonel Cyrus Oguna said the final assault on Kismayu was inevitable. "We have to be cautious, the way is littered with explosives. Nevertheless, it will happen. Kismayu will fall," he told Reuters by phone. Defeat in Kismayu, a hub of al Shabaab operations throughout the group's five-year insurgency, would badly hurt the rebels' morale and weaken their capacity as a fighting force. However, it might not deliver the knockout blow sought by Mogadishu and its regional allies. Western diplomats expect the insurgents to turn increasingly to guerrilla-style hit-and-run raids and urban bombings. "JOIN THE JIHAD" The AU force urged the militants to lay down their arms. "Already a number of them have contacted us indicating their wish to cease fighting and we have assured them of their safety if they give themselves up to our forces," AMISOM Deputy Force Commander General Simon Karanja said in a statement. Al Shabaab said Kismayu, about 500 km (311 miles) south of the capital Mogadishu, was calm. Its radio station, Radio Andalus, was back on air after broadcasts stopped on Tuesday. "All offices and businesses are open. We do not fear our enemies. They cannot just dash into Kismayu because we have strong defenses," Sheikh Abdiasis Abu Musab, spokesman for al Shabaab's military operations, told Reuters. The U.N. refugee agency said about 4,000 civilians had fled Kismayu since Monday. Residents reported on Wednesday that al Shabaab were trying to stop locals from fleeing. "Al Shabaab is taking to the mosques and ordering people to fight. They said Muslims have a duty to fight," said resident Sugow. Al Shabaab could be heard test-firing their artillery on the city's outskirts, Sugow said. Another resident, Hussein Nur, said the militants, who accuse the government of serving only Western interests and want to install a strict interpretation of sharia, Islamic law, were whipping up fear among the local population. "Al Shabaab said in the mosques: 'All Muslims should join the jihad as Kenyan troops will rape your wives and sisters and loot your property'," Nur said. Kenya sent troops into Somalia, on its eastern border, in October to help crush the militants. Kenyans are expected to lead AMISOM forces in an eventual assault on the port city. (Additional reporting by Feisal Omar in Mogadishu and Richard Lough in Nairobi; Writing by Richard Lough; Editing by Alistair Lyon) World Tweet this Link this Share this Digg this Email Reprints We welcome comments that advance the story through relevant opinion, anecdotes, links and data. 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