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Slideshow Kenya troops fight on beaches in assault on Somali rebel city Tweet Share this Email Print Related News Syria rebels say launch "decisive battle" in Aleppo Thu, Sep 27 2012 Kenyan navy hits Somali rebels ahead of main offensive Wed, Sep 26 2012 Free Syrian Army rebel leaders move from Turkey to Syria Sat, Sep 22 2012 Suicide bombers kill 15 in Somali capital Thu, Sep 20 2012 Syrian rebels extend grip on Turkish border Wed, Sep 19 2012 Analysis & Opinion Five stars or no stars, life is a beach Poor Kenyan women robbed of choice to give birth Related Topics World » By Abdi Sheikh MOGADISHU | Fri Sep 28, 2012 4:07am EDT MOGADISHU (Reuters) - Kenyan troops attacked the Somali port city of Kismayu from three sides on Friday in an assault to drive the al Shabaab militant group from its last bastion. Fighting was taking place on the city's beaches after an amphibious assault, the military and resident said. The loss of the southern port would deal a huge blow to the al Qaeda-linked al Shabaab as it is a lucrative source of revenue and a center for operations over areas it has dominated in south-central Somalia since 2007. The group, which formally merged with al Qaeda in February, has been steadily losing its footholds under sustained pressure from African peacekeeping forces (AMISOM) and Somali government troops for the past year. While Kismayu's recapture would go a long way towards stabilizing Somalia, which has lacked effective central government for the past 20 years, it may well embolden the militants to resort to more guerrilla-style attacks. Kenyan military spokesman Col. Cyrus Oguna said Kenyan soldiers and Somali government troops had advanced on Kismayu from the north, south and from the sea in an amphibious assault. "We came from the beach side and we're moving towards the main city. Our surveillance aircraft are monitoring every event taking place on the ground," Oguna told Reuters. "For now, we're not everywhere. We've taken a large part of it without resistance, I don't see anything major happening" he said. In Kismayu, residents said they could hear fighting near the beach, about 4 km (2.5 miles) outside the city, as military helicopters hovered overhead. "Now we hear shelling from the ships and the (rebels) are responding with anti-aircraft guns," Ismail Suglow told Reuters. "We saw seven ships early in the morning and now their firing looks like lightning and thunder. Al Shabaab have gone towards the beach. The ships poured many AU troops on the beach," he said. KISMAYU "NOT A PIECE OF CAKE" Al Shabaab, which was driven out of the capital Mogadishu last August and is fighting African Union forces in other parts of the country, said it would not give up Kismayu easily. "Going into Kismayu is not a piece of cake. We are still fighting them on the beach where they landed," Sheikh Abdiasis Abu Musab, al Shabaab's spokesman for military operations, told Reuters on Friday. "For us, this is just the beginning, our troops are spread everywhere." Al Shabaab's radio station, Radio Andalus, was still airing live in Kismayu, urging residents to take their guns and join the 'jihad', Suglow said. Other residents said al Shabaab's fighters were still in Kismayu. A woman named Halima said some residents who support the militants had joined them with guns at the frontline. "Armed fighters in civilian clothes are still in the city but I don't know how long they'll stay. They look disappointed," she told Reuters. On Thursday, residents said planes had dropped leaflets on Kismayu warning civilians to evacuate within 24 hours. Kenya sent its troops into Somalia last October after the rebels were blamed for a series of raids on Kenyan soil targeting its security forces as well as Western tourists. 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