 (SomaliNet) The leader of Islamic courtsÂ’ union Sheikh Sharif Sheikh Ahmed who is now in Jowhar town 90km (55) north of Somalia capital Mogadishu, warned the Ethiopian intervention into Somalia on Sunday and appealed to Addis government to withdraw its troops from southwest Somalia.
| "Yes. Remove them, please." |
As Somalinet correspondent reports Sheikh Sharif told the media in a press conference in Jowhar town that Ethiopia has invaded Somalia to help Somali’s interim government. “Ethiopia has no right to enter Somalia soil right now since it is longstanding enemy to Somali people,” he said. "Somalia government is not a government elected by the population it was nominated by IGAD member states mainly Ethiopia, wanting to exploit the resources of Somalia and that is not unacceptable and it can’t determine the future of the country," Sheikh Sharif said adding "we are calling Ethiopian government to pull out its troops from Somalia". Sheikh Sharif condemned president Yusuf for being behind the current tension ordering Ethiopian government to send troops to Somalia in a bid to fight against Islamists.
| The Somalis went through a long, involved process to put the interim government together in Nairobi, a process that turned out to be useless since the warlords were intent on maintaining their feifdoms. Now the warlords are either gone or in temporary retreat — my guess is gone, the bubble of their power burst, and Somalia's facing its next problem. The Somali government is pretty useless, and I suspect it will slowly evaporate, but I could be wrong, depending on how well the various clans were accomodated. The Islamic Courts represent a local version of the Taliban, and it's doubtful we can leave them in power. Sheikh Sharif seems like he's bright enough to understand this — no Mullah Omar, he — so Somalia might be interesting for the next couple years. There's really no way to tell which way it's actually going to go. |
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