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| Africa Horn |
| Islamic Courts rebuke US policy in Somalia |
| 2006-12-04 |
| (somaliNet) The supreme leader of the Islamic Courts Union in Somalia, Sheik Hassan Dahir Aweys reiterated his call on the Somali people to be unite for repelling any aggression from what he ascribed ‘outside invaders’ citing the Ethiopian troops. In an interview with Shabelle Radio in Mogadishu, Sheik Aweys condemned the US proposal at the UN to deploy African peace keepers in the country and saw it as exacerbating the tension. Sheik Aweys, who is believed to be the Godfather of the Islamic Courts, said that US government does not to see an Islamic state in Somalia. “It is not a surprise but common [knowledge] that the current Bush administration is known to be the enemy of Muslims in the world,” Sheik Aweys, former military colonel, made it clear that his Islamist movement was formed to restore peace and stability in the country. He welcomed any efforts of reviving the reconciliation and peace process but he cast doubt the mediation role of the Kenyan government as partial accusing Nairobi of installing the stand off between the interim government and Islamic Courts. “We do suspect the Kenyan government because it is tending to one side, that is the government in Baidoa so we could not rely on them as real mediator,” Sheik Aweys said adding that later there have been ongoing negotiations between the Kenyan government and Islamic Courts after sending delegations in a bid to calm the situation. Now we are hopeful that the negotiations will end in success before Khartoum talks with the government.” Earlier, Kenyan government certified that it is playing a neutral role in the political match in Somalia. |
| Posted by:Fred |