Puntland takes a preemptive shot at the Islamic Courts units moving northward Map of Somalia. Islamic Courts advances in Red, recent clash in yellow. Click map to view. As the long awaited showdown in Baidoa between the Transitional Federal Government of Somalia and the Islamic Courts drags on, the Islamic Courts have advanced northward towards Puntland, a semi-autonomous region of the country. Late last week, Garowe Online reported “30 battlewagons” or technicals – pickup trucks with heavy weapons mounted in the bed – were moving towards the outskirts of Galkaayo. Abdi Qeybdid, a militia leader in the failed Alliance for…