Monday, 11 May 2009

Somalia: Al-Shabab to disarm key Islamist leader-source

Mareeg.com-2009-05-11-here is emerging new sudden difference over power between the radical Islamist
groups of Al-Shabab and Hizbul Islam that jointly captured most of the Somalia
capital Mogadishu in heavy battle with the pro-government moderate Islamists,
reports say on Monday.

The disparity came when the Hizbul Islam fighters loyal to Sheik Hassan Dahir Aweys,
the prime Islamist rebel leader confiscated all the weapons of Yusuf Mohamed Siad
Indha-Adde that supporting the government during the latest war in the capital..

Reports confirmed to Waagacusub Media that senior Al-Shabab commanders made
telephone contact with Aweys ordering him to hand over all the arms that his men
seized in the battle and join their group within 48 hours.

He insisted that he will not give his weapons to Al-Shabab and said these are the
arms by the Mujahideens to fight.
If this continues to its acceleration it will cause war between Al-Shabab and Hizbul
Islam.

Earlier, Aweys suggested to form an a new name of Islamic organization in which all
the Islamist groups can unite but the proposal was met a total rejection by
Al-Shabab.

Sheik Hassan Dahir Aweys, who is on the US list of terrorists, has been living in
exile in Eritrea for two years and returned to Somalia last month to strengthen the
rebellion against the government led Sharif Sheik Ahmed..

Al-Shabab and its foreign militants linking to the international terror network of
Al-Qaeda committed gross human violations in Somalia during what they called ‘The
Jihad war’.
By Dahir Abdulle Alasow
dahiralasow@yahoo.com

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