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Islamic Courts Threaten Seizing Kismayu, A Regional Town in South

Shabelle Media Network (Mogadishu)
NEWS
September 18, 2006
Posted to the web September 19, 2006

By Aweys Osman Yusuf
Mogadishu
Somalia's Islamic Courts senior security official Sheik Yusuf Indho-Adde told
Shabelle Radio in Mogadishu on Monday that the Islamic Courts will clutch
Kismayu, the provincial town of Lower Jubba 500 km south of the capital
Mogadishu.
"The Islamic Courts will not be guests for Kismayu authority because Barre
Hirale (the somali government defense minister in control of Kismayu) and
Abdulahi Yusuf (the Somali president) are not the natives of Kismayu", Indho-
Adde said.
The Islamist also indicated that Kismayu inhabitants are peace-loving community
and therefore should acquire the Shara'ih law, adding that the current Jubba
Valley Alliance in control of Kismayu was member of the crushed Anti-terror
Coalition kicked out of the capital Mogadishu.
"The Islamic Courts do not negotiate with Barre Hirale or me over who will
administrate Kismayu", said Indho-Adde, alleging he and Barre Hirale are united
against Ethiopia but would break up if Barre Hirale befriended Ethiopia.
Kismayu Somalia's third largest city has lately been a controversial town for
the alliance running the provincial town disagreed up on the transfer of power
to Islamic Courts.
Indho-Adde, a senior member of the Islamists, also runs Lower Shabelle region,
southern Somalia.


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