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Somali, Djibouti Presidents Meet on Possibility of U.S.
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Xinhuanet 2002-01-10
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NAIROBI, January 9 (Xinhuanet) --
Djibouti President Ismail Omar
Guelleh met his Somali counterpart
Abdulkassim Salat Hassan in
Djibouti on Wednesday to discuss terrorism
issue and the
possibility of Osama bin Laden seeking refuge in
Somalia,
according to reports reaching here from
Djibouti.
The reports quoted Radio Djibouti as saying that
the two heads
of state discussed issues of "common interest",
particularly the
pressure exerted on Somalia in the U.S.-led war
against terrorism.
Somalia, named as one of the states
the U. S. could target in a
widening war on terror, is seen by many
analysts as an attractive
base for terrorists seeking secrecy because
it is a lawless
patchwork of fiefdoms ruled by rival
militias.
Western warships are patrolling the seas off
Somalia as part of
efforts to prevent al Qaeda fighters escaping there
following
their defeat in Afghanistan.
But Salat
Hassan ruled out any U.S. strike on his country,
which he said no
longer harbors terrorist organizations.
Somalia has been
in the grip of rival warlords since it
descended into chaos after the
ousting of former dictator Mohammed
Siad Barre in 1991. A transitional
government was set up in
October 2000, but has yet to extend its
control beyond the
capital.
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