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| Africa Horn |
| Hawiye calls for Ethiopian withdrawal as new clashes erupt |
| 2007-11-09 |
| (SomaliNet) The traditional council of Hawiye clan in Mogadishu said on Thursday it is pledging that no attack would be launched if the Ethiopian forces withdraw from Somalia – as heavy fighting renewed in north of the city on early this morning between the Ethiopian troopsand local Islamic militants. Speaking to the local media, the Hawiye spokesman Mohamed Hassan Haad today that the Hawiye elders are ready to convince the insurgents to stop their fighting if the Ethiopian government pull its troops out of the country. “No one will attack the Ethiopians if they go back to their country,” said Haad. Mr. Haad said the Ethiopian forces are responsible for the civil crisis in Mogadishu and the solution might came when the Ethiopians withdraw the country. Meanwhile, fighting broke out this morning in Suuqa Xoolaha village of Huriwa district between the Ethiopian troops and the insurgents. The latest gun battle began when the Ethiopian forces launched house-to-house search operations in the village where they clashed with heavily armed militants. The rival sides were exchanging heavy artillery weapons as all roads were cut off by the Ethiopians. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #1 Have the Ethiopians pull out, and bomb the Somalis back to the stone age, and keep them there. Anything more modern than an ox-cart will be immediately bombed. It won't do the Somalis much good, but it would put a stop to the rest of the stupidity from that area of the world, such as piracy, hijacking, and gun-running. Turn a blind eye to the "humanitarian cricis", since it's a direct response of not having a working government. |
| Posted by: Old Patriot 2007-11-09 12:20 |