Somalia: Clan Elders Call for AU Not to Send Extra Troops

[ModerateMuslim]

Mogadishu — Hawiye clan elders called for Sunday the African Union not to send extra troops to Somalia and requested Ugandan and Burundian troops to be withdrawn from Somalia.


The spokesman of Hawiye clan elders, Ahmed Dirie Ali said that the people of Mogadishu were sick and tired of foreign troops and did not need them any longer.

Somalia's foreign minister Mohamed Abdulahi Omaar demanded on Friday extra three battalions from Uganda and Burundi, but his request angered many clerics and intellectuals in Mogadishu.

Some parliamentarians from the Alliance for the Re-liberation of Somalia, the bloc of president Sharif Sheik Ahmed described the demand by the foreign minister as personal.

"We will fight the African troops as we fought the Ethiopian troops who killed our civilians and destroyed our capital city Mogadishu," Ahmed Derie Ali said.

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"The foreign minister can not spare your lives in this country," he added.

Mohamed Tahlil Warsame, a leader of a newly formed Somali Council called for the government to rescind its demand as soon as possible and give apologize.

"The people who were injured by the foreign troops are still in hospitals and the houses they destroyed have not been rebuilt yet," said Mr. Warsame.

[ModerateMuslim]

"We will fight the African troops as we fought the Ethiopian troops who killed our civilians and destroyed our capital city Mogadishu," Ahmed Derie Ali said.

first time i agree with this clown....

[hanad_mn]

What difference does it make. There would always be war in somalia whether foreign troops leave or stay.

Soomaaliya rajo malaha. waa the next Qaza.

[AhlulbaytSoldier]

Nabbadoon and our(hutus al mujahideen) beloved spiritual clanleader has once again spoken these wise words.

[axmadgurey]

The Mujahidiin have rejected the foreigners.
The "Culama" have rejected the foreigners.
The tribal leaders have rejected the foreigners.
The general public have rejected the foreigners.
Even many from the government have rejected the foreigners.

And these arrogant foreigners look upon all of that with contempt and send hundreds and hundreds of new foreigners.

Either Sharif is behind this and a lying betraying traitor...or the government is just a puppet with no true power.

And there is a possiblitiy of both.