Posted on 01/07/2007 8:11:02 PM PST by blam
We will talk peace, say Islamic leaders
By Ginny Hill in Sana'a and Mike Pflanz in Nairobi
Last Updated: 1:31am GMT 08/01/2007
Leaders of Somalia's defeated Islamic movement said yesterday that they were committed to peace talks which could cut the threat of an Iraq-style insurgency across the Horn of Africa.
Several senior figures from the Islamic Courts Union (ICU) slipped past both Ethiopian troops and US warships, and found refuge across the Gulf of Aden in Yemen.
And during talks yesterday in Aden, the Islamic delegation, which included the movement's influential foreign affairs chief Ibrahim Adow, said they were ready to talk peace.
"They have been evaluating their position since recent events in Somalia, and it is fair to say they are being pragmatic," said a senior Yemeni official. "They said they are committed to peace talks, which could be held by mid-January in either Khartoum or Nairobi."
Aside from Mr Adow, there are two other major players from the ICU in Yemen, but authorities in the capital, Sana'a, would not name them.
Yemen was accused of arming Somalia's transitional government, which with its Ethiopian allies has won back control of the country from the ICU. Now Yemen wants to act as a peace-broker between all the parties to the conflict.
"Our role now is to continue... to support the transitional government to establish stability, disarm militias and continue a dialogue with the Islamic Courts and other Somali sides," said Abu-Bakr al-Qirbi, Yemen's foreign minister.
Yemen last month hosted talks between Sheikh Sharif Ahmed, one of the ICU's deputy leaders, and Somali parliament speaker Sharif Hassan Sheikh Adan, who had tried to mediate between Islamic forces and the interim government before war started.
In Mogadishu yesterday, government soldiers patrolled streets in an attempt to stall further anti-Ethiopia protests such as those over the weekend which killed a teenager.
There is no such thing as peace in Islam. Only dhimmitude.
CRUSH THE VILE THINGS (Voltaire)
Unconditional surrender should be the only acceptable outcome.
I hope Somilia's answer is "NUTS"!
The only negotiations that are kept by slimes are the ones negotiated while swinging from Saddam's swingset!
I wonder if we could intice the Ethiopians to go into Yemen now?
Several senior figures from the Islamic Courts Union (ICU) slipped past both Ethiopian troops and US warshipsWe certainly do have to get better at killing Islamic leaders on the run.
"If you're going to shoot, shoot. Don't talk." - Tuco Ramirez.
Go to peace talks to tanks and smart bombs! Blow them all up, and sure there can be peace.
Mohammed's mob displays their usual MO.
Actually, it's not.
Islamists lie.... Islamists only agree to stop fighting when it's THEIR asses getting beat.
The ONLY way to deal with militant Islamists is to kill them.
Kill them under the fighting flags, and kill them under their white flags....
It been proved time and time again -- for centuries --- Muslim warriors released, spared or forgiven who then return to the fight..
KILL THEM. BLEED THEM WHITE.... BREAK THEIR FAITH AND TRUST IN JIHAD.
Semper Fi
Sounds good to me!
fyi
This is no different, no different at all, than when the ragheads get their butts handed to them when they attack Israel.
Then, they call for a cease fire, a chance for reconciliation although it's really a chance to re-arm, improve armaments, then attack once more. I say the victors should press their advantage and wipe this scourge off the face of the map!
Too late MoFo's. The time for that was before the Ethiopians, (THE EITHIOPEANS!) kicked your A$$. Now you just get to face the Music, and it'll be a lot harsher than what Saddam got. More like what his sons got maybe, if you're real lucky.
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BUMP! BUMP! BUMP! BUMP! BUMP! BUMP! BUMP! BUMP! BUMP!
Post #13. It really is as simple as that. No alternatives exists.
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