Al-Shabab
movement strongly rejects having negotiations
with Somalia's transitional governmentThe
spokesman for al -shabab movement said that his faction will never
sit in front of President Abdullah Yussuf.
“Even if the Ethiopian troops withdraw from Somalia we are determined not
to have any peace deal with the transitional government” said Robow.
The spokesman of the armed group said that those who committed crimes
against the country and its population to be brought before the justice.
“What they did to the Somali people is unforgettable, and history will tell
” said Mansoor”.
This statement from the spokesman of
Al-Shabab coincides with a time when the international community is
trying efforts to pull together the two adversaries.
On the other hand these words from the Sheikh my jeopardize the peace
reconciliation spearheaded by the Somali premier Noor Hussein Hassan.
It was Aweys' hardline associates before that led the
Shabab
and pushed for a jihad against Ethiopia, which was propping up the remnants
of Somalia's transitional government. Ethiopia responded with an all-out
offensive in December, which crushed the Islamists on the battlefield and
swept them from power in Mogadishu
