Puppet president endorses the American air bombing in his country

[Castro]

Aweys Osman Yusuf

 

Mogadishu 09, Jan.07 ( Sh.M.Network) -Somalia’s President Abdulahi Yusuf Ahmed, who has held a press conference at the presidential palace (Villa Somalia) in the capital Mogadishu, said he firmly supports the American air bombardment on suspected al-Qaeda hideouts (settlements) in southern Somalia last night.

 

US officials in Washington have confirmed that American AC 130, which has flown from US military base in neighboring Djibouti, struck so-called al-Qaeda suspected members in settlements of southern Somalia.

 

Mr. Yusuf said he only heard the news from local radios. “America has the right to hunt down and air bombard wherever those who were responsible for bombing its embassies in East Africa are staying or hiding”, he stressed.

 

He said the Somali government did not forgive the Islamist leaders.

 

Speaking to reporters he said, “You have taken our words wrong. The government only extended an amnesty to Islamist fighters. We have not offered any forgiveness to the ICU leaders. We are tracking tem down; they have brought foreign extremists and al-Qaeda in the country”.

 

Somalia’s Islamists that were driven out of their strongholds in central and southern provinces in the country, including the capital Mogadishu, in two weeks battles by thousands of Ethiopian troops backing the Somali government forces.

 

They were accused of harboring al-Qaeda members in their open Jihad war against the largely Christian Ethiopian forces in the country.

 

He urged the population in Mogadishu to work and support the government that seems to moving to the capital.

 

He arrived in Mogadishu on Monday afternoon for the first time since taking office more than two years ago. He said armed militias should join the government forces. “They will be disarmed and trained as government soldiers. I urge the people of Mogadishu to voluntarily surrender their weapons to the government”, he said.

 

Speaking about the insecurity in the capital, Yusuf promised the district commissioners and security forces would be set up soon to tighten up the peace and security in Mogadishu.

 

“Those who deliberately bomb parts of the city at nights to intimidate the civilian population should give up their cruel intentions. If they don’t stop terrorizing people, we will capture them”, he threatened.

 

Although many people doubt if the president would be staying in the capital for long and government be moving in the days ahead, the government spokesperson Abdirahman Dinari told Shabelle by the phone that Mr. Yusuf moved to the capital Mogadishu officially to make his government functional here.

 

He also said warlords would go to Baidoa to either support the government or be members of the ordinary people. “The government will not warlords to be empower themselves in the capital and recruit militias. Some of them are government officials”, he said.

 

Shabelle

[Xoogsade]

You can listen to an interview aired on BBC this morning here, skip to the 13th minute. A man from the bombed area was being interviewed.

 

rtsp://.../som1100.ra

 

 

or listen to the 11:00GMT one at www.bbcsomali.com

[Castro]

There's a traitor being born every minute.

[Jacaylbaro]

A/Y is a great leader of his people ,,,,, a HERO and democratically elected president who loves his country and people ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,

[ScarFace]

A/Y a great leader what a load of BS...an Ethiopian stooge always wanted to get on the somali THRONE for the last 30 yrs. He and the so called TFG troops and their ethiopian mates couldnt get into Ras Kamboni so they called in the YANKZ. We need to exterminate these traitors..They just bombed innocent people.....what happend to we going after the big boys in the islamist camp. Aweys, shariif & CO are already in YEMEn sippin and kickin back. Turki an CO have many connections and propbably left somalia..so who's gettin killed?

[me]

There isn't much to say, but there is allot to do.