Zooming Yesteryears “Ethiopian troops cannot defend you” - Islamist leader tells Somali president

Shaykh Sharif Shaykh Ahmad, the chairman of the executive council of the Union of Islamic Courts (UIC), yesterday said in a speech to 135 officers, who had defected from the Transitional Federal Government of Somalia (TFG), that Ethiopian troops had entered Somalia and arrived in Baydhabo town.

“We knew that they have been in Somalia, but now they have declared that they will be defending the TFG,” said Shaykh Sharif, adding that the aim of the Ethiopian troops was to destroy Somalia. However, he warned Ethiopia that it will bear full responsibility of its terrible acts.

Shaykh Sharif also said there were ongoing war mobilization efforts evidenced by the presence of “Husayn Aydid (TFG interior minister) and Abdi Qeybdid (defeated warlord) in Gaalkacyo (Puntland-controlled central region).”. He said the two were there to rekindle fresh wars, problems and destruction in Somalia. Read More