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2014-01-31 Africa Horn
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Terror Chief Aweys placed under house arrest in Mogadishu
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 MOGADISHU -- A wanted Al Shabaab official Sheikh Hassan Dahir Aweys who has been in custody over the past six months was put under house arrest in Mogadishu on Wednesday evening, Garowe Online reports.
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According to independent sources, Somali Federal Government soldiers last night escorted Aweys shortly after he was released from an intelligence base as a result of lengthy discussions between Mogadishu-based government officials and Hawiye clan elders.
President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud previously described Aweys a stubborn person' who isn't willing to renounce violence but political analysts say the latest move succumbed him to abide by his clan elders' suggestions.
Sources within Somalia Federal Government tell Garowe Online News Agency that Aweys was relocated to a heavily fortified building in one of Mogadishu's neighborhoods: "Hassan Dahir Aweys had been in Habar-Khadijo intelligence base and now he remains under the protection of government forces," said an official who spoke on condition of anonymity because of the sensitivity of the news.
Speaking to the media in Mogadishu, Mohamed Osman Arus former spokesman of the defunct insurgent group Hisbul Islam said that Aweys is still in detention.
"This means he was released from custody and again placed in another detention," added Arus.
Following bitter feud and violent dispute within Al Shabaab ranks, Sheikh Aweys escaped from Barawe coastal town of Lower Shabelle region in southern Somalia, after Al Shabaab chief Ahmed Godane dispatched Al Shabaab death squads to Aweys and other officials including his deputy Ibrahim Haji Jama Micad (Ibrahim Afghani), who had made allegations against Godane.
Sheikh Aweys was transported by plane from Adado district in Galgadud region of central Somalia, where he reportedly "surrendered" to Himan and Heeb local administration, which later transferred to Federal Government in Mogadishu in June 2013. 
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Posted by Steve White 2014-01-31 00:00||
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