TFG denies reports of Ethiopian troops...

[General Duke]

Dowlada Federaalka oo beenisay Ciidamada Itoobiya ee la sheegay in ay yimaadeen

Last Updated::2006-07-21 14:24:54

 

Baydhabo:- Dowlada Federaalka Soomaaliya ayaa warar been abuur ah ku tilmaamay war uu sii daayey

wariye u shaqeeya BBC-da.

 

Warkan oo xalay BBC-da laanteeda afsomaliga sii daaysay ayaa lagu sheegay in mid kamid ah Wariyayaasha BBC-da oo ay magaciisu idaacada sheegin ay sheegtay inuu arkay ciidamo itoobiyaan ah soo galay gudaha magaalada Baydhabo.

 

Warkan ayey sidoo kale qaateen idaacadaha iyo wakaaladaha warar ee caalamka sida Associated Press oo uu warkan u gudbiyey wariyaha u jooga Muqdisho Suxufi Mohamed Colaad Hassan.

 

Warkan ayey dowlada Federaalka been abuur ku tilmaamtay, ayadoo maanta aysan magaalada ka dhex muuqan wax ciidamo Itoobiyaan ah.

 

Warkii xalay ee BBC-da ayaa lagu sheegay in ciidamadan la dejiyey Airporka iyo Madaxtooyada Baydhabo.

 

Warkan ayaan weli la xaqiijin ayadoo wariyaha HorseedNet u jooga Baydhabo ee Hussein Farah u sheegay in ay goobahaasi ay joogaan ciidamada Dowlada Federaalka.

 

Dowlada Itoobiya ayaa beenisay warkan ayadoo Wasaarada Difaaca iyo Lataliyaha Raysalwasaaraha ay intuba beeniyeen warkan.

 

Sidoo kale Dowlada Federaalka ayaa warkan been ku sheegtay ayadoo Siihayaha xilka Raysalwasaaraha Md.Ismaciil Hura Buba oo ah Raysalwasare kuxigeenka uu warkan ku sheegay warar la sameeyey.

 

Sidoo kale Wasiirka Hantida Qaranka iyo Qalabeynta ee dawlada Soomaaliya Maxamuud Sayid Aadan ayaa sheegay in aysan jirin wax ciidamo itoobiyaan ah oo yimid, isla markanaa laga rabo dadkii warkaasi faafiyey in ay sheegaan meesha ay joogaan.

 

Maxamuud Sayid ayaa sheegay in ciidamada Dowlada Federaalka ay ku filan yihiin difaaca Dowlada.

 

Wasiirka ayaa intaa raaciyey in Dowlada Itoobiya ay tahay dowlad kamid ah IGAD isla markaana taageersan Dowlada Federaalka.

 

Dowlada Itoobiya ayaa horey u sheegtay in ay difaaci doonto dowlada hadii ay weerar kala kulanto dhinaca Maxkamadaha Islaamiga.

 

Maaha markii ugu horeysay oo ay saxaafada faafiso warar sheegaya in ay ciidamo itoobiyaan ah soo galeen, ayadoo hada ka hor Shariif Axmed oo ah guddoomiyaha fulinta ee Maxkamadaha uu sheegay in ay ciidamo itoobiyaan soo galeen Baydhabo, wararkaasi oo markii danbe beenowbay.

 

Dhinaca kale Shariif Axmed oo xalay saxaafada kula hadlay Muqdisho ayaa sheegay in ay dagaal jihaad ah la geli doonaan Itoobiya hadii aysan ciidamadeeda kala bixin Soomaaliya, waa suu hadalka u dhigayee.

 

Wararka is khilaafsan oo ay labada dhinac is dhaafsanayaan ayaa ah mid abuuri kara isku dhac dhexmara Dowlada Federaalka iyo Maxkamadaha Islaamiga oo u muuqda kuwo maleeshiyooyinkooda labada dhinacba heegan geliyey.

 

Hussein Farah

HorseedNet.com

[RedSea]

Well maybe we folks in the West can swallow such a big fat lie, but the people living in that region have actually SEEN Ethios pouring into Baidhabo from their bases across the border. So, does the TFG got anything else, because this news is proven and even the Ethiopian defense admitted by saying that they have the responsibility to defend the Transitional Somali government and will " crash" the courts. That does mean that their troops are there for some serious business, but denying is just insane at this time. We are thinking of clashes not whether Ethiopian troops are there or not.

[General Duke]

^^ There is always two sides to every story. The TFG has denied any troops in Baido. There is no one who says they have seen them with their own eyes, even Jini Boqor a staunch critic said he id not see it with them but belives they are there...

[General Duke]

Somali Says Ethiopian Presence Is Just the Uniforms

 

By JEFFREY GETTLEMAN

Published: July 22, 2006

 

KINSHASA, Congo, July 21 — The transitional government in Somalia emphatically denied Friday that Ethiopian troops had come to rescue it, saying that the Islamic clerics who rule Somalia’s capital were spreading false rumors to create chaos.

 

Mohammed Abdi Hayir, minister of information for the transitional government, said, “There are absolutely no Ethiopian troops in Somalia.â€

 

He said the confusion came from the fact that Ethiopia had provided 4,000 uniforms to Somali forces guarding the fledging government.

 

“Some people have seen this and they think that Ethiopian soldiers are surrounding them, but it’s actually our forces,†he said. “This has all been exaggerated. The Islamist clerics are trying to create confusion worldwide.â€

 

There are two powers vying for control of Somalia: Islamic clerics whose forces recently outgunned American-backed warlords for control of Mogadishu, the ruined capital, and a shaky transitional government, aided by the United Nations but with so little power that it cannot survive in Mogadishu and is instead based in Baidoa, a midsize city about 150 miles away.

 

On Friday, clerics in Mogadishu continued to insist that Somalia had been invaded and unleashed a barrage of warlike threats on the radio.

 

Sheik Hassan Dahir Aweys, the hard-line leader of the Islamic Courts Union, told people to get ready for a holy war against Ethiopia, which is a primarily Christian country. Somalia is almost entirely Muslim, and the two cultures have been rivals for centuries and fought a costly war in 1970’s.

 

“We must defend our sovereignty,†Sheik Aweys said. “I am calling on the Somali people to wage a jihad.â€

 

Talk like this put many Somalis on edge. In Mogadishu, people emerged from Friday Prayer chanting, “Down with Ethiopia!†At the Abu Hureira mosque, a young sheik told the crowd in front of him, “The enemy of God has invaded Somalia.†He instructed his listeners to defend “their religion and their soil.â€

 

In Baidoa, the transitional government imposed a nighttime curfew while its soldiers began searching cars on the street. Groups of men were rounded up and arrested, though several were released.

 

Earlier this week Somalis reported seeing Ethiopian Army trucks and hundreds of soldiers in uniform streaming across the border and taking up positions in Baidoa. There were even reports that a column of Ethiopian troops was advancing east toward Mogadishu at the same time that Islamic militias, fresh from a string of victories, were streaming west toward Baidoa.

 

Officials in Ethiopia have openly supported the transitional government of Somalia, siding with it as a bulwark against Muslim expansion that could threaten Ethiopia’s fragile internal politics.

 

Ethiopia, along with several other countries, is providing military advisers and equipment to the Somali politicians in Baidoa, but Ethiopian leaders continue to deny that they sent troops across the border.

 

Somalia is still mostly inaccessible, with communication spotty and many areas too dangerous for foreigners to travel. United Nations officials in Africa and Defense Department officials in Washington said Friday that it was unclear to them whether Ethiopia had actually invaded Somalia, or if indeed the whole episode was a mix-up over uniforms.

 

Mark Mazzetti contributed reporting from Washington for this article, and Ahmed Mohammed from Mogadishu, Somalia.

 

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