 (SomaliNet) The leader of the ousted Islamic Courts Union on Thursday boycotted the call from the reconciliation conference committee to participate in the congress, which entered its second week.
The exiled leader of the executive council of the defeated Islamic Courts Sheik Sharif Sheik Ahmed who is now hiding skulking about in the Eritrean capital of Asmara told the London based Sharqa-Awsat Arabic newspaper that the remarks by the so-called reconciliation committee as non-sense and have no value to the minds of the Somali society. “This has nothing to do with the Islamic Courts and we the leaders of the ICU are making it clear that as long as Ethiopian forces remain in the country’s soil no talks can be held inside Somalia,” said Sharif adding, “The country is under occupation by Somalia’s historic enemy of Ethiopia,”
| Sure did seem to kick your ass out pretty quick. Hurts, huh? |
He reiterated that the Islamic Courts will never accept to attend what he called ‘the plotting conference and described the call by the panel as meaningless.
If the puppet government he said wants to make the congress more inclusive it should pull the Ethiopian troops out of the country. “Until the Ethiopians leave our country the ICU can not negotiate with the government.”
| Crying like a Nancy-boy ... |
Western diplomats say the decision by the panel in which it allowed Islamists to participate the conference is a good gesture.
| Working well so far, huh. |
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