Kenya's been doing a lot of this recently.
A new policy - pay the bills or
FEED THE KITTY
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| Africa: Horn |
| Somalis protest Aideed arrest |
| 2004-05-24 |
| Thousands of angry Somalis took to the streets of Mogadishu yesterday to protest Kenyaâs arrest of one of their countryâs most prominent warlords, who has been jailed for a month for unpaid debt. A crowd, estimated at several thousand, demanded Kenya free Hussein Aidid, who was plucked from Somali peace talks in Nairobi on Thursday on the orders of a Kenyan magistrate. âThe Kenyan government should release our leader because he was a guest of the Kenyan government and its people,â said Abukar Osman a deputy chairman of the Somali National Alliance led by Aidid. SNA officials accused Kenya of humiliating Aidid, a youthful warlord who came to power upon the death of his father Mohamed Farah Aidid. âDown with the Kenyan Government because it is not respecting its guests,â some members of the crowd chanted. Aidid is accused of owing a Kenyan businessman some $180,000 over a development deal that went sour. |
| Posted by:Dan Darling |
| #5 Protesting the arrest of their favorite warlord: "Give us back our warlord so we can go back to warring, which is what we like best!" |
| Posted by: virginian 2004-05-24 4:50:41 PM |
| #4 Baby "Skyhook" (Rush's nickname for papa) has got to pay his bills. Kenya's been doing a lot of this recently. A new policy - pay the bills or FEED THE KITTY |
| Posted by: BigEd 2004-05-24 12:28:34 PM |
| #3 Oldest trick in the book - call someone in for consultations, and then arrest him. |
| Posted by: Zhang Fei 2004-05-24 11:20:30 AM |
| #2 That is what I was thinking,Ship. |
| Posted by: Raptor 2004-05-24 9:22:51 AM |
| #1 Hussein Aidid. isn't he the son that was in the USMC? |
| Posted by: Super Hose 2004-05-24 8:46:09 AM |