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Tuesday, June 06, 2006

Islamists Control Mogadishu!

After weeks of bloody fighting the so called Islamic Courts claimed control of the Somali capital city of Mogadishu. Meanwhile the African Union called upon the USA to maintain building strong government in Somalia.

In his statement on the local radio stations, the Union of Islamic Courts leader Sheikh Sharif Sheikh Ahmed announced the fall of the warlords and urged residents to accept the new leadership.

The Islamist militia is waging war against what's called warlords allegedly supported by the US. The warlords have controlled Mogadishu since they toppled the dictator Mohammed Siyad Barre in 1991.

Interim PM Ali Mohammed Ghedi who sacked four powerful Mogadishu-based warlords serving as ministers says his government wants to begin a dialogue with the Islamists.

The four sacked ministers include Security Minister Mohammed Qanyare Afrah and Trade Minister Sudi Yalahow who over the weekend lost control of their Mogadishu strongholds the BBC said.

Most of Qanyare's fighters have joined the Islamist militia, but Sudi Yalahow's commanders remain in Mogadishu and are locked in talks over their next move, the BBC reported from the Somali capital.

Nine of the eleven Mogadishu-based warlords have now left the capital city.

الاتحاد الافريقي يطلب من واشنطن مساعدة الصومال
في الوقت الذي أعلنت فيه ميليشيا المحاكم الاسلامية سيطرتها على العاصمة الصومالية مقديشو، دعا الاتحاد الأفريقي الولايات المتحدة إلى العمل من أجل تأسيس حكومة قوية في الصومال. هذا و قد قال رئيس جمهورية الكنغو، رئيس الدورة الحالية للاتحاد الافريقي، قال بعد اجتماع مع الرئيس الامريكي جورج بوش يوم الاثنين الماضي انهما ناقشا الوضع في الصومال و كيفية قيام الولايات المتحدة و الدول الاخري بالمساعدة في انهاء العنف هناك. و قال ساسو ان الاتحاد الافريقي يسعي جاهدا لحل الازمة الصومالية و حث ادارة الرئيس الامريكي علي بذل المزيد من الجهود لإقامة حكومة في الصومال دون تقديم المساعدات لامراء الحرب الذين يقاتلون للسيطرة علي البلاد. __________________________________________________________

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