Gabbal Posted June 7, 2006 East Africa: Government Intensifies Search On Somali Warlords The East African Standard (Nairobi) June 7, 2006 Posted to the web June 7, 2006 The Government today moved in swiftly to evict runaway Somalia warlords from Nairobi as part of strategies to bring peace to the war-torn country. Police launched a search on the warlords in Nairobi and managed to get one who they escorted to the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport. The deported warlord was identified as Abdikadir Hussein. He was flushed out of the Grand Regency Hotel at about 8.00 am and driven to the immigration offices at Nyayo House where the detectives started processing his deportation papers. There was drama as the officers went to the hotel and requested that the warlord be cleared. The officers led by Central CID boss Munga Nyale arrived in two unmarked cars. He was later driven to the airport at 10.00 am by police and the immigration officials where he was supposed to wait for a plane that would carry him away. Police and the immigration officials said they would ask him to choose a country he would like to be deported to. "We have been informed that he is among the warlords fanning animosity in Somalia and that is why he is being deported," said a senior police officer. Police said the warlord was part of the Anti-Terrorism Alliance formed to tackle the Islamic courts. The alliance has been chased away from Mogadishu. Police are still looking for other suspected warlords in city hotels. The team revealed that they were depending on intelligence supplied to them on the whereabouts of the warlords. Reports indicated that there were about 10 warlords in the police list who were being sought. The move came a day after the government announced a ban on the Somali warlords from coming into the country. The Government announced that it had imposed a total ban on the warlords and their associates from Kenya. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
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Gabbal Posted June 7, 2006 Kenya kicks Somali warlord back to Somalia Elizabeth Kennedy | Nairobi, Kenya A member of a United States-backed secular alliance of warlords fighting for power in Somalia was kicked out of Kenya on Wednesday after police found him staying at a luxury hotel in Nairobi, authorities said. Abdul Rashid Hussein Shiry, wearing a grey suit and tie as he was led out of the hotel, was taken to the airport for a flight back to neighbouring Somalia. It was not clear how long Shiry had been in Kenya, but alliance members have been on the run since the Islamic militias they opposed seized control of Somalia's capital, Mogadishu, on Monday. The Kenyan government said in a statement on Wednesday that it was banning all forms of travel into Kenya by Somali warlords and their associates and that it "will not permit its territory to be used by those who persist in destabilising Somalia". Mogadishu has been convulsed by violence for months as the Islamic Courts' Union, which has alleged links to al-Qaeda, strengthened its grip on the lawless country. Their advance on Monday came despite US support for the secular alliance of warlords. The US officials, speaking on condition of anonymity because of the sensitivity of the issue, have confirmed cooperating with the secular warlords to root out terrorists who might be hiding in the Horn of Africa. The US administration has not confirmed or denied giving money to the alliance, saying only that it supports those who fight terrorism. "We're watching very carefully the developments there, and we will strategise more when I get back to Washington as to how to best respond to the latest incident there in Somalia," US President George Bush said on Tuesday. Somalia has been without a real government since largely clan-based warlords overthrew dictator Mohamed Siad Barre in 1991 and then turned on each other, dividing this nation of 8-million into rival fiefdoms. -- Sapa-AP Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
