Press Release: Somali Government condemns ICU/USC aggression

[Kamalu Diin]

PRESS STATEMENT

The Transitional Federal Government is following the events that are taking place in the country with alarm particularly the ICU‘s constant aggression, war mongering and the influx of foreign terrorists in the southern regions of our country.

 

Thousands of Eritrean and other foreigners, who are answering ICU’s call for “jihad”, are pouring into ICU-held regions. Our intelligence sources also indicate increased flow of arms shipments from Eritrea and abroad.

 

Furthermore the Government views the attack on the Government garrison in the Dinsoor district as a blatant attempt to expand into areas in Bay and Gedo regions. It was also an attempt to heighten the already tense situation in and around Baidoa. For instance the ICU is massing troops in both Buurhaka and Dinsor which are in the East and South of Baidoa respectively.

 

The Government has welcomed the new Security Council resolution 1725 in which the Council has authorized a Protection and Training mission to Somalia and called upon the Union of Islamic Courts to cease further military expansion.

The Council also urged the Transitional Federal Government and the Union of Islamic Courts to unite behind and continue a process of dialogue and recommit to the principles of Khartoum I and II. In this regard the Transitional Federal Government welcomes the continuation of the peace process in line with principles of Khartoum I and II and urges other Somali parties to recommit to peace and dialogue.

 

The Islamic Courts, instead of ceasing their expansion and committing to peace and dialogue, have increased their military expansionist activities and their belligerence to new heights in clear violation of their obligation under Resolution 1725.

 

The TFG draws the attention of the international community to the grave danger that the current situation poses to peace and stability in Somalia and the region and would like the issue addressed urgently.

 

MINISTRY OF INFORMATION

 

BAIDOA

 

10TH OF DECEMBER, 2006

[Wiilo]

[Wisdom_Seeker]

Too late, the TFG is going to taste defeat .

 

WE don't need foreigners, we have thousands if not millions of Somalis who will do the job!

 

Someone tell this man to stop begging for international attention.

 

Who are this people pouring into somalia? They have Iraq and Afghanistan to go to. Why somalia which is an african nation barely known by other muslims mostly Arabs?

[Kamalu Diin]

Previously widely being estimated USC/ICU millia to around 15,000 and if you add that number the offspring then the number could be 30,000 oo miiran waana loo maaro heli ee waxaa daran in aad ciido isku rogto oo aad xaar ka wareegto. inagan indhaha naga tuurto.

[Wisdom_Seeker]

Estimation. it is mere estimation Kamalu.

[Kamalu Diin]

it thousand if not million it what you said. this the figure that has been out there since the beggining of 2000.