Somali rebels warn of full-scale war to push out Ethiopians

[Hiiraan boy]

Somali rebels warn of full-scale war to push out Ethiopians

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ASMARA (AFP) — Rebellious Somali leaders on Saturday warned of a full-scale war in the conflict-torn Horn of Africa nation to push out Ethiopian troops deployed to back the feeble transitional government.

The warning came as 350 Somali rebel delegates, gathered in the Eritrean capital Asmara, continued with talks to map out a strategy against Ethiopian troops in Somalia.

"The violence is escalating in Mogadishu ... Ethiopia has pulled out of several areas due to the stiff resistance and fierce fighting of the liberation forces," said the conference spokesman Zakariya Mahamud Abdi.

"We are expecting a full scale war" in the Somali capital, that has been convulsed by near-daily guerrilla-style attacks, and elsewhere, he said.

"We will fight them in the towns, we will fight them in the villages, we will fight them in the pastoral areas," Abdi, a former member of the interim government, added.

"We have enough spirit and incentives and materials to liberate our country."

The conference also chided the United States for its tacit support of Ethiopia, which last year deployed thousands of troops in Somalia to oust an Islamist administration.

"The people were deeply concerned about the international community's continuing silence and indifference to the Ethiopian occupation. They are very critical of the blind support of the US and the Bush administration to the brutal dictatorial regime of Addis Ababa," Abdi said.

The Islamist movement, whose control of large areas of Somalia was broken early this year by joint Ethiopian and interim government forces, boycotted government-backed peace talks in Mogadishu last month, arguing that any peace efforts should take place only after an Ethiopian withdrawal.

In three years of existence, Somalia's Western-backed transitional government has failed to restore stability.

It blames the Islamic Courts Union and allied clan leaders for the near daily attacks which have plagued Mogadishu, targeting Ethiopian forces, Somali government officials and African Union peacekeepers in recent months.

The Ethiopians and around 1,500 AU peacekeepers from Uganda have failed to quell the insurgency that has claimed hundreds of lives and choked off the delivery of aid to displaced civilians in and around the capital.

Other African nations that pledged to contribute to an 8,000-strong AU force have balked in the face of the growing insurgency.

Years of clan bickering exploded with the ouster of dictator Mohamed Siad Barre in 1991 and spawned a deadly power struggle that has defied numerous attempts to restore peace.

The interim government has failed to exert its tenuous control beyond a few pockets held by allied factions, increasing fears by Western intelligence that the nation might become a haven for extremists sympathetic to Al-Qaeda.

But the conference rejected the claims.

"There are no terrorists in Somalia, but the wrong polices of Western powers, and especially the US, could create havoc in the region and might cause an uncertain future problem and conflict in the region," Abdi warned.

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cashoo and his dameer diick ridin xabeshis

[Executive]

[quote="Hiiraan boy"]

"The violence is escalating in Mogadishu ... Ethiopia has pulled out of several areas due to the stiff resistance and fierce fighting of the liberation forces," said the conference spokesman Zakariya Mahamud Abdi.

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One of My Favorite member of TFG, Dr Zakariya Mahamud Abdi

[Hiiraan boy]

haye

[Executive]

He is not Dhulbahante you Nacas

You are the biggest Qabilist on Snet


Why did you edit your comment before i replied, You are disgusting walle

[Hiiraan boy]

[quote="Executive"]He is not Dhulbahante you Nacas

You are the biggest Qabilist on Snet[/quote]

abti i didnt say anythin

[Executive]

Why did you edit your comment before i replied,

you wrote you support him becomes his dhulbahante, I saw it but you changed it before I posted my reply. Been ha sheegin


Horta why do you support UIC when you are a big time Qabiliste?

[Hiiraan boy]

[quote="Executive"]Why did you edit your comment before i replied,

you wrote you support him becomes his dhulbahante, I saw it but you changed it before I posted my reply. Been ha sheegin


Horta why do you support UIC when you are a big time Qabiliste?[/quote]

dee im not qabiliste. what did i say. im for somaliweyn.

[Hiiraan boy]

[quote="Executive"][quote="Hiiraan boy"]

"The violence is escalating in Mogadishu ... Ethiopia has pulled out of several areas due to the stiff resistance and fierce fighting of the liberation forces," said the conference spokesman Zakariya Mahamud Abdi.

.[/quote]

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One of My Favorite member of TFG, Dr Zakariya Mahamud Abdi [/quote]


executive u supporting him outa of darodnimo

u qabiliste

[FAH1223]

Get them out! They are the obstacle to any long term solution!

[QansaGabeyle]

Why do these start making threats before the war even begins. Reminds me of the ICU when they behaved like a 16 year old kid that saw his biceps for the first time.

[Somali_4Life]

Their insurgency sucks wallahi.They throw little grenades: civilians die.Then ethiopians open fire: civilians die.

Why cant they not adopt the iraqi insurgency style?Is it because they are not supported by any country financial, just like Iran and syria supports shia and sunni insurgents?

[X-unit]

The resistance forces will show the TFG and Ethiopia something that they have never seen. They will make history and embarrass America. This is is a new begining for Somalis.

[QansaGabeyle]

^ That is what the ICU been saying before they got their asses handed to them. These moryaan terrorists should fight more and do less big talking.

[Karbaash_killa]

^ ciyaalkii'na ma siyasad ayeey barteen?