Documents of interior ministry handed to Islamist leader

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MOGADIHU (Mareeg)-the documents of the Somali interior ministry has been has been handed officially to Sheik Abduqadir Ali Omar Wednesday by former interior minister Muse Nur Amin at a ceremony in the capital, Mogadishu.

The new minister Sheik Abdulqadir Ali Omar who has been the leader of the Islamic Courts Union for past two years said he would start the job of the ministry immediately.

“A country which has been experiencing insecurity and lawlessness is ahead of us, there are a lot of things to do so we pray to Allah to help us accomplish our job” the new minister said at the handing over ceremony.

“We have been engaged in heavy fighting for the past two years and we were doing this to oust the enemy forces of Ethiopia from our country and we reached that target so I think there is no need to wage war after the Ethiopian withdrawal from Somalia,” the minister added.

Muse Nur Amin, the former TFG interior said there are difficult obstacles ahead of the interior ministry and hoped for good future.
The ceremony of handing power was held in the ministry of Information Building in the capital.

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