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****** Somalia: Aways Rebuffs Peace Process ******
Ahmednor Mohamed Farah
25 December 2008
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Somalia — Sheik Hassan Dahir Aways, the leader of an Islamist opposition group
based in Eritrean capital Asmara rejected an offer to join the UN-backed peace
efforts in Somalia; Radio Shabelle interviews him on Thursday.
"We will not join any peace efforts until the enemy (Ethiopia) leaves the
country. I do not think Ethiopian troops will leave the country, if they are
withdrawing they would have withdrawn before," Aways told radio Shabelle.
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"They are not committed to withdraw from Somalia but they want financial
support to maintain their occupation in Somalia"
Sheik Aways said Somalis must be free from outside intervention to decide the
future of their country.
Sheik Hassan Dahir Aways leads the Asmara based wing of the Alliance for the
Re-liberation of Somalia and had previously refused to be part of peace deal
that was signed in Djibouti between transitional government and the Djibouti
based wing of the alliance led by Sheik Sharif Sheik Ahmed.
Sheik Aways and Sheik Sharif were the leaders of the Islamic Courts Union in
Somalia but they split after Shiek Sharif and his group reconciled with the
transitional government of Somalia.
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