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| Somalia: No revenge against Islamists - former warlord |
| 2007-01-02 |
| (SomaliNet) Abdi Hassan Awale known as ‘Qeybdid’ former warlord in the collapsed antiterror alliance funded by the US government ... and we didn't get our money's worth, that's for sure... said on Monday that he would not make any reprisal of the past conflict in Mogadishu. Having been revealed as a pretty daggone inept warlord... Mr Qaybdid returned to Mogadishu after six months in the jungle after he lost hist turf to the "Tar?" "Check." "Feathers?" "Check." "Rope?" "Check." "Y'know, my concern's mounting over whether those guys are gonna show up again." "Mine, too." Mr. Qeybdid made the statement in a press conference held today in Mogadishu. “I have no intention to revenge against the remnants of Islamists in the capital or elsewhere in the country.” Mr. Qeybdid pointed out that the fighting went between the transitional government and the He said he has no post in the transitional federal government but he was working with it in the fight against Islamist radicals in the country. “It is more important for the Somali people to drop weapons that might endanger our lives. Right now, I myself do not want any weapon, I have lost 46 war vehicles to Islamists, I have seen my vehicles in Bandiredley, Adado and Dhuso-mareb towns in central Somalia and I don’t care about them,” Qeybdid, former police chief said adding that anyone who holds these battle wagons should hand over to the government otherwise they will face punishments. Col. Qeybdid also raised in his news conference about the recent protests by the women and children which he said was organized by particular people who want political posts. “Any one who wants a post should seek job in the government by peaceful means,” he said. Mr. Qeybdid who showed symptoms of sympathy urged the people of Mogadishu to open all the schools and universities and forget about all bad events in the past 16 years. He said that he is on the offensive to no one in the capital but the people should choose the peace and the time for warlords has ended already. The country is in process of reconciliation spearheaded by the transitional government. His remarks came as the Ethiopian backed government forces are chasing down the Islamist group, which lost their last outposts in southern Somalia. The ordinary people in the capital worry about the return of the warlords to the city as problem to the peace and stability in the country but this time the warlords seem to have no role in the current politics. Already, some of the revived warlords revealed that they gave up acts of warlordsim and offered an amnesty to all the Islamists fighters promising to work with the government over establishing the security and normalcy in the country. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #4 Abdi: "Watch this..." "Ollie Ollie out's in free!" |
| Posted by: mojo 2007-01-02 13:46 |
| #3 Sounds like Mog is right on the very edge of a Golden Age. |
| Posted by: Shipman 2007-01-02 11:22 |
| #2 Jungle? In Somalia? |
| Posted by: mojo 2007-01-02 10:47 |
| #1 "No, seriously, I won't do nothin' to 'em. Pay no attention to the crossed behind my back. Seriously!" |
| Posted by: Almost Anonymous5839 2007-01-02 03:59 |