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| Islamic Courts financier calls for Ethiopian withdrawal |
| 2007-02-18 |
| (SomaliNet) The recently freed Somali business cleric from the jail in Nairobi Haji Abukar Omar Addani warned on Saturday the presence of the Ethiopian forces in Somalia as long as the Somali people are protesting against them. He's the Islamic Courts financier, or one of them, They're the reason the Aethiops are there in the first place. In a press release given to the media in Nairobi, Haji Addani appealed to the Ethiopian government to pull its troops out of Somalia and urged the interim government to hold national reconciliation conference for all parts in the country. 'Nother words, to give the Islamic Courts through negotiations what they couldn't keep via force of arms. Addani, 72, the wheelchair bound man, said national dialog is the only way out of misery in Somalia where the government senior officials ruled out several times in the past having talks with the defunct Union of Islamic Courts. “We have passed six months of unprecedented peace and stability in the country produced by the Islamic Courts but everything has changed for the worse when the Ethiopian backed interim government has taken control of the country,” said Addani in his statement. The international community should put pressure on the Ethiopian government to withdraw its forces from Somalia to avoid more bloodshed, the statement said. On Thursday, the Kenyan Supreme Court had released Haji Abukar Addani and his son after they were found no guilty. Addani and his son were arrested at the Kenyan Liboi border town last month after they were accused of entering Kenya illegally. Addani who is believed to have been the major source of financing the ousted Islamists, said if the United Nation does not take actions Somalia would definitely slip back into the anarchy of 1991, encouraging the Somali population to evict the Ethiopian troops from their territory by all means. He also gave thanks to all individuals that paid efforts of his release. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #17 It might be interesting if Arabi and his ilk would at least attempt to hold their own against Rantburgers. We get a little foray now and then but never any sustained give and take. They skulk away with their tails between their legs when they realize they're just not equipped for any kind of intellectual interchange. It's a shame. |
| Posted by: Elmereter Hupash6222 2007-02-18 18:27 |
| #16 stank Arabi, go ground pound thy forehead towards yer black worship rock in mecca. LOL imagine that 5 times a day! the islamo idiots came up with that bit all by their lonesum. |
| Posted by: RD 2007-02-18 15:25 |
| #15 Eck! Shrinkage! It happens! |
| Posted by: Shipman 2007-02-18 14:40 |
| #14 To be fair, they also raped adult women, too, presumably to prove to one another they were capable of achieving an erection in the presence of those capable of judging the value thereof. |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2007-02-18 13:45 |
| #13 Just to be accurate, they also raped the children at Beslan, i.e they were pious muslims. |
| Posted by: ed 2007-02-18 12:55 |
| #12 At Beslan they just shot the kiddies, though. |
| Posted by: Fred 2007-02-18 11:51 |
| #11 Careful what you say to him. He'll riot and burn your car and demand the govt chop your head off. Muslims refer to this as "dialog." |
| Posted by: Fred 2007-02-18 11:49 |
| #10 the bleating of a soon-to-be endangered species, harking back to the halcyon days when an Arab could beat his women, bugger the kids (human and goat variety) and wipe his ass with a stone...oh wait, that's from the 7th century to today |
| Posted by: Frank G 2007-02-18 11:36 |
| #9 A little dumber? |
| Posted by: Shipman 2007-02-18 11:19 |
| #8 Arabi's correct that there is a competition on for the soul of the world. He's just sore cause evil looses except when it uses violence. Just like the commies, but different colors and a little dumber. |
| Posted by: Hussein Obama 2007-02-18 11:18 |
| #7 Arab imperialism? So what was the crusades? What about you missionaries running around S. America? Trying to convert half of the southeast asia? Oah, I forgot, It's noble when it comes from Christians or Jews right? So what is Israel but a western Imperial state? Jackal and Barb are both correct. The Crusades were attempts to beat back Islamic imperialism which was knocking on the doors of Europe, which had already overrun traditional and historic Christian and Jewish areas and holy sites, and which were counter-punches to military activities and invasions already in progress or threatened by Islamic regimes. Despite current Islamic tradition and Mohammed's mad ravings, Jerusalem never was, never has been, and never should be considered an Islamic holy site. Islam's traditions are thievery, treachery, and obfuscation of historical fact when it goes against whatever is in their holy books and writings, none of which are "holy" IMO. Islam dates from roughly 700 AD. Judaism dates from something like 2000-6000 BC. Christianity dates from 0 BC/AD (in some cases more like 33 or so AD). Both Judaism and Christianty can trace their roots directly to Jerusalem. Islam cannot. Islam can trace its roots to a meteor strike in the Arabic penisula in roughly 700 AD and the mad ravings and writings of a morally and ethically bankrupt thief, dictator, pedophilic rapist, and murderer who wanted revenge upon a group of people he believed had slighted him in some fashion. Mohammed's so-called religion embarked on imperialistic aggression against its neighbors, endulged in the slave trade (and still does) and descended from a flowering civilization into the decadent and immoral conglomeration of morally bankrupt societies and sects we see todaythat fosters only hatred, terror, and murder against its neighbors. On the other hand, Judaism and Christianity have prospered and fostered a growing and powerful, generally peaceful until someone pisses us off, civilization that can extend its hand across the entire world and even into the farthest regions of space. What's Islam done for the world lately by comparison? |
| Posted by: FOTSGreg 2007-02-18 11:01 |
| #6 Truth doesn't bother you much, does it Arabi |
| Posted by: Redneck Jim 2007-02-18 11:01 |
| #5 Following up on #4's answer to #3, the Crusades ended over 1,000 years ago; Islamic imperialism is still going on TODAY. Yeesh. You losers need to get a new |
| Posted by: Barbara Skolaut 2007-02-18 09:17 |
| #4 I realize you're just a troll (or trollop), but I'm going to take your question at face value. The Crusades were a counter-attack to recover land conquered by Islamic imperialism. |
| Posted by: Jackal 2007-02-18 07:36 |
| #3 Arab imperialism? So what was the crusades? What about you missionaries running around S. America? Trying to convert half of the southeast asia? Oah, I forgot, It's noble when it comes from Christians or Jews right? So what is Israel but a western Imperial state? |
| Posted by: Arabi 2007-02-18 05:38 |
| #2 Reminds me of Gromgoru's definition of the Arab Way Of War™ : 1- Star a war. 2- Lose the war. 3- Impose conditions on the victor. Perhaps it is more muslim than arab, especially if you think islam is in fact arab imperialism in disguise from the start. |
| Posted by: anonymous5089 2007-02-18 05:35 |
| #1 Did Addani talk about a "national dialogue" when the Islamic courts were in power and placing innocents in the graveyard? |
| Posted by: whatadeal 2007-02-18 01:51 |