Tuesday, 5 May 2009

Somalia: Islamists defend Eritrea

MOHADISHU (Mareeg) – one of Somalia’s Islamist groups defended Eritrea Tuesday and denied that Eritrea imported weapons to Somalia.

Abdukadir Haji Mohamud, an assistant chairman of the Asmara based wing, the Alliance for the Re-liberation of Somalia, denied that Eritrea deployed illegal weapons in Somalia.



Somali government accused Eritrea on Sunday of being importing weapons to Somalia and that two flights from Eritrea landed in Belli Dogle airport in Lower Shabelle Region, but Eritrea denied the accusations.



Haji said the statement from the Somali government that Eritrean t imported weapons into southern Somalia in the past recent days was false adding that they the government did not have any evidence for its accusations against Eritrea


Somali government accused Eritrea on Sunday of being importing weapons to Somalia and that two flights from Eritrea landed in Belli Dogle airport in Lower Shabelle Region, but Eritrea denied the accusations.




Witnesses in Lower Shabelle region said Tuesday they saw weapons including artillery being driven to Mogadishu.





amsomalia@mareeg.com



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