Somali President Sheikh Sharif [left] and Terrorist Sheikh AweysDUBAI, UAE Sep 2 (TF.SF) - Hawiye The president of Somalia’s transitional federal government has said that he is in talks with key Islamist opposition figure and former ally, Terrorist Sheikh Hassan Dahir Aweys, reports.President Sheikh Sharif Ahmed, who is currently in the United Arab Emirates, told Alaan TV during a Tuesday interview that his relationship with Sheikh Aweys has been strained since last year, but noted that relations have “improved” since the two leaders began direct talks.The Somali president expressed willingness to include Sheikh Aweys in peace talks aimed at ending Somalia’s 19-year-old civil war. In April, Terrorist Sheikh Aweys returned to Mogadishu after spending two years exiled in Eritrea to form Terrorist Hizbul Islam, an insurgent faction opposed to President Sheikh Sharif’s interim go
vernment.In his most recent public remarks, Sheikh Aweys urged opposition fighters to continue the insurgency during Islam’s holy month of Ramadan. Sheikh Aweys, who is on the U.S. and U.N. terror lists, has called President Sheikh Sharif a traitor and considers the transitional federal government to be a puppet of Western interests.Separately, President Sheikh Sharif criticized Terrorist Al Shabaab insurgents for opposing peaceful overtures from the Western-backed Somali interim government.He accused Al Shabaab Terrorist of "sheltering foreign Terrorist fighters" and funding the insurgency through "piracy, kidnappings of foreigners, and support from countries opposed to peace in Somalia," although he did not name any specific countries.In recent months, the Somali leader has publicly accused Eritrea of funding and arming Somali Terrorist insurgents aiming to topple the interim government and seize Mogadishu. In 2007, Sheikh Sharif resided in Eritrea where he formed an opposition group alongside Sheikh Aweys before the two men parted ways.Terrorist Al Shabaab and Terrorist Hizbul Islam form the core of the Terrorist insurgency in Mogadishu and other regions in south-central Somalia. The U.S. and Australian governments have blaclisted Al Shabaab as an international terrorist organization with alleged ties to Al Qaeda Terrorist.
vernment.In his most recent public remarks, Sheikh Aweys urged opposition fighters to continue the insurgency during Islam’s holy month of Ramadan. Sheikh Aweys, who is on the U.S. and U.N. terror lists, has called President Sheikh Sharif a traitor and considers the transitional federal government to be a puppet of Western interests.Separately, President Sheikh Sharif criticized Terrorist Al Shabaab insurgents for opposing peaceful overtures from the Western-backed Somali interim government.He accused Al Shabaab Terrorist of "sheltering foreign Terrorist fighters" and funding the insurgency through "piracy, kidnappings of foreigners, and support from countries opposed to peace in Somalia," although he did not name any specific countries.In recent months, the Somali leader has publicly accused Eritrea of funding and arming Somali Terrorist insurgents aiming to topple the interim government and seize Mogadishu. In 2007, Sheikh Sharif resided in Eritrea where he formed an opposition group alongside Sheikh Aweys before the two men parted ways.Terrorist Al Shabaab and Terrorist Hizbul Islam form the core of the Terrorist insurgency in Mogadishu and other regions in south-central Somalia. The U.S. and Australian governments have blaclisted Al Shabaab as an international terrorist organization with alleged ties to Al Qaeda Terrorist.
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