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16 May 2009 Somalia — The transitional federal
government of Somalia said on Wednesday that it would
crush the Islamist rebels who are trying to topple the
Somali government led by Sheik Sharif Sheik Ahmed.
Fighting between Islamist rebels and government
soldiers has killed about 120 people and injured about
300 in the capital Mogadishu for the last eight days.
Somalia minister for Planning and International
Cooperation Abdurahman Abdishakur Warsame who was
speaking at a ceremony commemorating the day of Somali
Youth 15 May, said the government has full support
from both the Somali people and the international
community and added that the government will clear the
rebels from the country in the coming days.
"The government is determined to defend the
opposition who are Islamic gangs and we promise that
we will clear them from the country," said Abdirhman
Abdishakur Warsame.
Abdiwahid Elmi Gonjeh, the deputy prime minister
said it was a surprising thing that the Islamist
rebels reject their leader of the Islamic Courts Union
when he became the president of Somalia.
Clerics Conclude Two Days Meeting
in Djibouti
The Somali clerics have concluded two days meeting
in Djibouti overnight on the role of the Somali
clerics for the restoration of the peace and solution
in Somalia, officials told Shabelle radio on Friday.
Sheik Ahmed Abdi known as (Dhi'isow), a member of
the Somali clerics who attended the meeting told
Shabelle radio the many Somali religious mullahs from
the abroad and inside the country had attended the
meeting in Djibouti adding that it was talked more
about how the Somali clerics could play crucial role
for the restoring peace and stability of Somalia.
Asked about whether the meeting was talked about
what caused the failure of the previous agreements
reached by the sides of the Somalis, Sheik Dhi'isow
replied that it was not discussed in the two days
meeting in Djibouti.
It is not known whether the meeting of the Somali
clerics in Djibouti can change anything about the
current conflicts in Somalia thought most of the
Somali clerics' decisions are not accepted by those
who are against in the country.
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