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Somalia: Hezbollah militants operate in Mogadishu, govt. official says Wed. December 13, 2006 08:26 am. - Mohamed Abdi Farah (SomaliNet) The Transitional Federal Government based in Baidoa city, southwest of Somalia has on Wednesday accused the Islamic Courts Union of bringing members of Hezbollah Islamist group in the country but the ICU officials denied the allegation. Salad Ali Jelle, the deputy minister of defense in the transitional federal government, told the local media overnight that Islamic Courts had clamored for foreign fighters including militants belonging to the Islamist group of Hezbollah in Lebanon. “For the past weeks, militants from Lebanon, Afghanistan and other countries in middle East have been arriving in the capital to join the ICU to fight against the legitimate government in Baidoa,” Mr. Jelle said. “We are full aware of that Islamists were receiving both soldiers and weapons from Eritrea,” However, the Islamic Courts authorities in the capital dismissed the allegation from the TFG as untrue and baseless. “we are absolutely denying that we are harboring foreign militants in the capital and we see the government accusation as a policy to demonize the image of Islamic Courts Union which was founded to restore law and order in the country,” Sheik Yusuf Mohamed Said Inda-Ade, the chief security of ICU said referring to Jele’s remarks as provocative step. Sheik Inda-Ade said the Islamic Courts know the government in Baidoa as puppet of Ethiopia and has nothing to do with the country’s future because he said they failed to restore peace in Somalia since its creation two years ago. The counter accusations from Somalia officials could undermine the peace efforts by the Arab League, the Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD) and the African Union (AU) between the transitional federal government and Council of Islamic Courts. News Category: Somalia Latest Headlines Latest News Tanzania: Comoros president hails Tanzania as l... Somalia: Steps being taken to free two foreign jour... Soccer: Kenya Tusker Football Club sacks coach Sudan: Darfur police raid victims shun being ai... Botswana: Two South Africans jailed for 18 years in ... Sudan: Sudanese passenger plane hijacked after ... Egypt: Israeli Defences Minister in Cairo for talks ... Angola: Ruling party may clean sweep in Angolan poll... Somalia: President Yousuf, Prime Minister ink deal... Zimbabwe: President Mugabe heckled, jeered in parlia... More News...