Castro Posted June 19, 2007 Somalia's government has given an amnesty to both the leaders and fighters of the Islamist movement ousted from power last December. President Abdullahi Yusuf, however, said those with links to "international terrorist" groups were excluded. The offer is seen as an attempt to persuade members of the Union of Islamic Courts to attend a national reconciliation conference next month. The Islamists, however, insist that Ethiopian troops leave the country. "All of them have been pardoned. Leaders and others, officers and those who took up arms or those who supported them financially have been pardoned," said Justice Minister Hasan Bedel Warsame. Assassination attempt Meanwhile, violence continues in the capital, Mogadishu. A lone gunman tried to assassinate presidential spokesman Hussein Mohamoud Mohamud, Ugandan peacekeepers say. He sustained a neck injury but has been transferred to Nairobi, where he has left hospital, said Ugandan commander Peter Elwelu. There have been several assassination attempts on leading government officials. In north Mogadishu, gunmen attacked a police station, killing an officer, while in the central Bakara market, two security officials were shot dead by masked gunmen, police say. Both Islamists and members of Mogadishu's dominant ****** clan are believed to be behind the violence. They strongly oppose the presence of Ethiopian troops, who helped oust the UIC. UIC leader Sheikh Sharif Sheikh Ahmed has welcomed the amnesty but still refuses to attend the talks, which were postponed from last week. He said they must be held in an independent location, and not run by the government. The US has urged the government to hold talks with Mr Ahmed, seen as a moderate Islamist. The UIC has always denied reports that it has links to al-Qaeda militants. Some 1,600 Ugandan troops are in Mogadishu, the first contingent of a proposed 8,000-strong AU force, intended to replace the Ethiopians. Somalia has been without a functioning government since 1991. BBC Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
NGONGE Posted June 19, 2007 ^^ Looking at other news (though it has not been confirmed yet) it sounds like the TFG is already leaking Ministers. Do you think Cadiid and Buuba are undesirables now and would this amnesty apply to them? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Allamagan Posted June 19, 2007 loool @ this pseudo-cafis. AY wuxuu isu badbadalaa sidii hawada skandinefiyanka oo kale. Shalay wuxuu lahaa waxa la cafiyey ICU-da oo dhan inta aan ka ahayn madaxdooda sarsare sida shariifka & Awes, hadana waxaa halka ka muuqato kulli waa lacafiyey!! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Jacaylbaro Posted June 19, 2007 siyaasaddaa sidaa isu gedgeddida ,,, Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Castro Posted June 19, 2007 Originally posted by NGONGE: ^^ Looking at other news (though it has not been confirmed yet) it sounds like the TFG is already leaking Ministers. Do you think Cadiid and Buuba are undesirables now and would this amnesty apply to them? Anyone who's not toeing the line of the puppet regime (and its master) is a persona non grata. Neither its earlier cries of terrorism nor this current offer of amnesty are credible as the TFG is doing what is often referred to as "grasping at foam when swept by flood waters." This ideologically bankrupt, criminally indictable and morally reprehensible assembly of warlords and druglords will do and say anything to save their own skin. Fortunately, however, due to its sheer incompetence and lack of leadership or vision, it is rapidly falling apart, as it should. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
