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Islamists count for Ethiopia seven days to leave Somalia
Tue. December 12, 2006 08:09 am. -
Mohamed Abdi Farah
(SomaliNet) The powerful Islamic Courts Union, controlling much of southern and central Somalia, has on Tuesday given Ethiopian government seven days to pull its troops out of Somalia and warned Kenya not to allow Ethiopia to use its land as base for the war on Islamists.
In a news conference held in Mogadishu, the capital of Somalia, Sheik Yusuf Mohamed Siad known as 'Inda-Ade' the chief security of ICU said they would count seven days for Ethiopia to withdraw its forces from Somalia otherwise they would face a bad catastrophic.
"We have issued the warning when we received reliable information relating that Ethiopian troops were planning to launch an attack from Somalia-Kenya border," Sheik Inda-Ade said. "We also give warning to Kenyan government not to allow Ethiopian forces to use its territory as base for attack".
He said Ethiopian troops should leave Somalia within seven days. "If Ethiopia does accept our wish then we can start talks with them,"
Sheik Inda-Ade added that if Ethiopia does not withdraw its troops from Somalia, the Islamic Courts will decide the right step of evicting Ethiopians out of Somalia.
He warned that the war will be a regional one if Ethiopia does not take its troops out of the country.
He also told the reporters in the capital that the received facts indicating that Ethiopian troops conduct military movements at the border between Somalia and Kenya. "We are aware of that 15,000 Ethiopian troops with 25 armed vehicles are now at the border to fight with Islamists,"
His latest comment came as the ICU eagerly wants to seize fresh key towns in the country as their troops advancing to Baidoa city, the base of interim government, southwest of Somalia.
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