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Kenya transfers Islamists to Somalia government
 (SomaliNet) The Kenyan government Saturday has extradited dozens of Islamist prisons to the transitional federal government in Somalia it was a response to early TFG demand that all Islamists held in Kenya be transported to Somalia. Reports say that Kenyan airplane carrying around 40 Islamists has landed at the main Mogadishu airport on Saturday where they were handed over to the Ethiopia-Somalia forces in the capital.
| "We certainly don't want 'em! They're yours!" |
Abdirahman Dinari, the government spokesman confirmed the news of handing over the members of ousted Islamic Courts Union to the government later Saturday. They were about 30 Islamist prisons including key officers who were brought in Mogadishu and extradited to the security forces, Dinari told the local media. He declined to give details about the exiled Islamists saying the government will soon release a report about their exact number, ranks and names.
Some reports say that all the extradited Islamists were in handcuffs and masked when they were being taking off the plane.
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It is not known yet where they were taken and being held but it is confirmed that they are in Mogadishu.
Posted by: Steve White 2007-01-21 |
