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Africa Horn
Sheik Ahmed wants peace in Somalia, yewbetcha
2007-02-03
Mogadishu 02, Feb.07 ( Sh.M.Network) - Somalia’s top Islamist leader, Sheik Sharif Sheik Ahmed, with whom Shabelle had an interview from Nairobi, Kenya on Friday, said the US government worked hard to bring him to the Kenyan capital Nairobi. “The U.S. and I have had dialog over how to introduce peace into Somalia. We have agreed on many issues and we still have something left,” he said.
"Like how I end up in charge," he added.
Asked about his view towards the presence of Ethiopian troops and the expected arrival of other African troops in Somalia, Ahmed said the Ethiopian troops have illegally occupied Somalia “Their departure from the country is inevitable and if the people of Somalia are divided over the arrival of other troops, they will increase the problems in the country,” he said.

He also pointed that foreign intervention in Somalia in the 1990s ended in failure. “We do not need another failure. Bringing troops to Somalia, Somalia’s scholars, religious leaders, the Courts and businesspeople should be consulted with and it should be concluded in consensus,” he added.

Ahmed said reconciliation among Somalis is the only way out of misery in the country. He urged all Somalis including leaders to reconcile and resolve the differences through negotiations.
Except when it comes to killing infidels ...
He supported the attacks against the Ethiopian troops in the country. “Every nation in the world, whose country is occupied, has the rights to defend itself through any means, and the Somali nation has the right to fight for its freedom so we see the fight as the right one in order to evict the Ethiopian occupiers out of their country,” he said.

Asked if he supported the killing of civilians during mortar attacks against Ethiopian army bases in the country, he said his movement does not support killing innocent people unless they're infidels, urging the Islamist supporters in Somalia to target only the Ethiopians and leave the civilian population alone.
'cause they're such crack shots and all ...
Posted by:Steve White

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