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****** Somalia: Hawiye Traditional Elders Denounce AU ******
24 December 2008
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Mogadishu — Hawiye traditional elders have denounced the request of the African
Union statement about the withdrawal of the Ethiopian troops which AU requested
Ethiopia to potstone its troop withdrawal from Somalia on Wednesday.
The African Union Special envoy to Somalia Nicolas Bwakira on Monday urged
Ethiopia to delay its planned withdrawal from Somalia until further AU troops
are deployed in the country.
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Ahmed Dirie Ali, spokesman of Hawiye Traditional Council said that the African
Union is pleased what he called the massacre of the civilians and the
bombardment of Mogadishu residents carried out by the Ethiopian troops in
Somalia.
He called for Ethiopia to quicken its troop withdrawal from Somalia to save the
peace agreement signed in Djibouti between the Alliance for the Re-liberation
of Somalia and the transitional federal government.
Mr. Dirie urged to the insurgents to put a hold to the attacks against the
Ethiopian troops until they leave the country.
The people in Mogadishu expected the Ethiopian troops to withdraw from Somalia
on 19 December 2008 as the modalities of Djibouti peace deal stating.
Ethiopian troops backing the transitional federal government came to Somalia in
2006 to help defeat the Islamic Courts Union, which brought relative peace to
much of south and central Somalia.
The Ethiopian occupation encouraged may young boys to join to the insurgents,
killed thousands and displaced millions of civilians.
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