Mogadishu, Ramadan 6, 1432, Aug 6, 2011, SPA - Al-Shabab Movement Saturday pulled its forces from their bases in the Somali capital of Mogadishu after overnight fighting, a government spokesman said. "We have cleared out Mogadishu this morning. There are no al-Shabab (fighters) this morning in Mogadishu," government spokesman Abdirahman Omar Osman told the German Press Agency DPA. Osman added that government forces were quickly moving in to stake its claim over abandoned areas. Meanwhile, in a press statement, the Movement spokesman Ali Mahmud Raji said that the withdrawal that began late last night was a tactical move and that the movement will continue to concentrate in other places. --SPA 12:21 LOCAL TIME 09:21 GMT www.spa.gov.sa/916126