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18 April 2009 Somalia — Sheik Moktar Robow Ali
known as (Abu Mansor), the spokesman of the Islamist
group of Al-Shabab has held a press conference through
the telephone overnight and denied that they had
involved recent assassinations in the Somali capital
Mogadishu.
Sheik Abu Mansor said that those who were shot and
killed were famous Islamist fighters and took part the
fighting against Ethiopian troops who invaded in
Somalia and he said that they were not behind their
killing.
"We are also calling for those who are against to
attack the foreign troops in Mogadishu to be silent
from the Mujahidiin (Islamist fighters) or join them
to attend the war against the presence of foreign
troops in the country," Sheik Moktar said.
Sheik Abu Mansor also said that some of their bases
in the capital were attacked claiming that they
captured two of the groups who attacked them and one
vehicle.
The statement of the Islamic organization of Al-Shabab
comes as the Islamic Courts Union officials said that
they have evidence that Al-Shabab organization was
behind the recent assassinations of some of their
officers in Mogadishu.
Interior Minister Says They Will
Confront Assassins
The interior minister of the Somali government
Sheik Abdulkadir Ali Omar said Thursday that the
government would not tolerate the "assassins who kill
prominent people in the capital."
The statement of the interior minister comes as a
senior Islamic Courts Union official and his security
guard were killed in Mogadishu. The official Sharif
Mohamud Hassan(Kariye) was working with the government
and his car was targeted by unknown gunmen.
More troops from the Islamic Courts Union that work
with the government have been deployed in the area
that the commander was killed and sporadic fighting
started in the area.
The minister vowed that they will not tolerate the
aimless killings and the violence that is still
continuing in the capital.
"You know that a cleric MP was killed in Mogadishu
yesterday and today a senior official was killed, we
have many times called for peace and it was rejected
so after this time we will defend the people," the
minister said.
He called for the Somali people to take part
restoring the peace of the capital. The interior
minister has spoken angrily for the first time about
the ongoing killings by unknown groups. |
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