January 16, 2007
GARISSA, Kenya (AP) -- Kenyan police arrested a top leader in Somalia's Islamic militant movement on Monday, a Kenyan security official said.According to other reports, the leader in question is Sheikh Ahmed Sharif Sheikh, second in command to UIC leader Sheikh Hassan Aweys.The leader was arrested at midmorning at a refugee camp near the Kenyan border with Somalia, the official said, quoting from a police report. The official, speaking on condition of anonymity because of the sensitivity of the matter, said he was on his way to the Dadaab refugee camp, 62 miles (100 kilometers) east of Garisa, to help identify the suspect.
If confirmed, the arrest could be a major step toward ending the fighting in Somalia, which began when Ethiopian troops intervened to stop the Islamic movement's advance to destroy the internationally backed government. Top movement leaders Sheik Hassan Dahir Aweys and Sheik Sharif Sheik Ahmed have pledged to carry on a guerrilla war as long as Ethiopian troops remain in Somalia.
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Posted by: greyrooster at January 17, 2007 09:57 AM (w+w6p)
Wonder if it was spam-posting by the only Somali with electricity and a net connection in Somalia and the Spectres got him.
Posted by: RanbaRal at January 17, 2007 12:36 PM (VvXII)
The Sosmali braggarts who posted here previously probably starved to death, or choked to death on flies. The guy with electricity probably burned his dung-brick hovel down with a faulty connection to a car battery.
Wouldn't it be funny if they were greased by our guys? Ha, ha!
Posted by: Jeff Bargholz at January 17, 2007 04:22 PM (abVz3)
Posted by: greyrooster at January 17, 2007 05:06 PM (w+w6p)
But I'll bet some of you proto-hominid Sosmalis are reading this and weeping. Cry, little bitches! No more murdering people for listening to music or using soap.
Posted by: Jeff Bargholz at January 17, 2007 09:41 PM (abVz3)
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