AU Somali mission rejects withdrawal calls

[axmad gurey]

AU Somali mission rejects withdrawal calls

 

The African Union peacekeeping mission in Somalia has rejected clerics' proposal for the withdrawal of foreign troops within 120 days.

 

Maj. Barigiye Bahoku, spokesman for the AMISOM forces in Mogadishu, said Saturday that the calls were unreasonable since the newly-formed unity government would be in need of support, a Press TV correspondent reported.

 

"AMISOM troops will be sent back to their countries once the country is stable. But not now," Bahoku said.

 

However, the spokesman urged the militants to heed Somali clerics' calls for a stop to the attack against the peacekeepers in the capital of Mogadishu.

 

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http://www.hiiraan.com/news2/2009/Feb/au_somali_mi ssion_rejects_withdrawal_calls.aspx

 

Bahoku says they won't leave "now" so i don't know if 4 months is considered now. And he is some kind of comidian...he says they won't leave but urges for the Mujahideen to obey the calls for a stop to the attack on the "peacekeepers."

 

If he was sincere he should have said that he will leave ASAP, even sooner than 4 months, if "peace" was acheived or, he should have said that he would leave but these terrorists keep attacking us so we can't leave.