Aug. 19 (Bloomberg) -- Somali Islamic insurgents fighting a United Nations-backed transitional government have pledged to unite rival factions to drive Ethiopian troops from the east African nation, a spokesman for the rebel group said.
The Alliance for the Reliberation of Somalia split in June when a moderate faction led by Sheikh Sharif Ahmed signed a deal with the interim government in Djibouti, agreeing that attacks would stop in 30 days and UN peacekeepers would replace Ethiopian troops within four months. The accord was rejected by Sheikh Hassan Dahir Aweys, an Islamist leader regarded by the U.S. as a terrorist linked to al-Qaeda.
Differences between the leaders of the Islamic Courts Union ``will end soon,'' Abdilkadir Ali Omar, the deputy chairman of the group, said yesterday in a teleconference with journalists in the capital, Mogadishu. ``We will continue fighting against the Ethiopian forces who invaded our homeland aggressively until they withdraw from our country.'' more http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601116&sid=aSA8eJ8UcQmQ&refer=africa
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