Somalia: Islamist Leader Declares Full-Scale War On Ethiopians
Shabelle Media Network (Mogadishu)
October 27, 2006
Posted to the web October 27, 2006
Mogadishu
The Leader of Somalia's Islamic courts, Sheekh Shariif Sheekh Ahmed has called on his supporters to attack Ethiopian forces reported to be in some parts of Somalia during a big pro jihad rally held in Mogadishu today.
Addressing at a rally held at Mogadishu's Tribuunka Square, Sheekh Shariif has warned that the days of patience on the side of the Islamic has ended and he called on his fighters to attack the Ethiopian forces in everywhere inside Somalia.
"I call on the Somali people to assail the Ethiopian soldiers in the country on sight," shouted Sheekh Shariif Sheekh Ahmed, as thousands of protestors burst with the words of Allah Akbar "God is Greatest"
Sheekh Shariif Sheekh has warned the Somali people in the towns where the Ethiopian troops are reported to have entered, not approach those Ethiopian as not be caught in the potential war between his forces and those of the
Meanwhile, Many Somalis have registered for a call of Jihad against Ethiopia during today's rally at Tribuunka in Mogadishu.
There are fears that an all out war may erupt between the Islamic courts of Somalia and Ethiopian who are reported to have arrived in Baidoa town, which is the seat of Somalia's toothless transitional government as both sides are closing on.
Ethiopian has already vowed to crush any attempt by the Islamic courts to attack the government led by its favored ally, President Abdullahi Yusuf Ahmed.
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