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No government in Somalia, Islamic leader says
The leader of the executive council of the powerful ousted Islamic Courts Union who is now in Doha, Qatar has spoken out the conflict in Mogadishu, the capital of Somalia overnight. In interview with the Arabic Satellite TV, Al-Jazeera, Sheik Sharif Sheik Ahmed dismissed the existence of the interim government. "There is no government which can represent all Somali people," said Sheik Ahmed. "Even the Ethiopians do not recognize the government by the time they directly can engage talks with its rival."

When asked who are involved in the fighting going on in Somalia, Sheik Ahmed said the Somali society who could not stand with the Ethiopian occupation wage the war.
That doesn't answer the question, does it?
Also asked whether the Islamic Courts are part of the fighting in Mogadishu, Sheik responded that it is unnecessary for the Islamic Courts to join the war but the people of Somalia now fighting against the Ethiopians. He described what is going on in the capital as massacre on the civilians and he expressed his deep sorrow over the civilian casualty which killed or injured by the artillery shells. Sheik also said in his interview that it was very surprising to hear the statement by the interim government in which it declared to hold national reconciliation conference inside Mogadishu.
Posted by: Fred 2007-04-05
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