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| Africa Horn |
| ŽEritrea smuggling arms into SomaliaŽ |
| 2009-05-05 |
| [Iran Press TV Latest] Somalia accuses neighboring Eritrea of fueling the country's already unbridled violence by arming the Somali fighters despite an international arms embargo. On Monday, Somalia's Security Minister, Omar Hashi Aden said two arms-laden aircraft had successively touched down in the southern region of Lower Shabelle having departed from Eritrea. Eritrea used to house the leadership of the Somali opposition faction, the Union of Islamic Courts (UIC) while the group and its fighters, Al-Shabaab were in intense confrontation with the former transitional authorities. However, the Transitional Federal Government (TFG) was succeeded by a Unity Government headed by Sheikh Sharif Sheikh Ahmed, and the UIC promised cooperation with the new administration. Eritrea's Information Minister, Ali Abdu, for his part refuted the claims saying he would not comment on the matter as his country did not recognize the incumbent Somali administration. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #2 #1: Lock up Christian Priests, Smuggle arms, and mass troops at the Aetheopian borders, and the world is looking at American Fixed that typo for ya, newc. |
| Posted by: Old Patriot 2009-05-05 15:28 |
| #1 Lock up Christian Priests, Smuggle arms, and mass troops at the Aetheopian borders, and the world is looking at American Idom. |
| Posted by: newc 2009-05-05 01:50 |