From: Bill Howard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Somali President Rules Out US Strike on His Country HTTP://WWW.STOPNATO.ORG.UK --------------------------- Somali President Rules Out US Strike on His Country. The president of Somalia's transitional government on Tuesday ruled out any US strike on his country, which he said no longer harbours terrorist organisations, Al-Zaman daily reported in its Wednesday issue. The president of Somalia's transitional government on Tuesday ruled out any US strike on his country, which he said no longer harbours terrorist organisations, Al-Zaman daily reported in its Wednesday issue. "We have succeeded in opening a direct dialogue with the Americans and we do not think the United States will carry out any kind of strike against Somalia," Abdulkassim Salat Hassan told the London-based daily. "Somalia no longer harbours camps of (chief terror suspect Osama bin Laden's) al-Qaeda network. Somalia is in the anti-terrorist camp," Hassan added. Somalia's Prime Minister Hassan Abshir Farah said Sunday that "bin Laden can't come to Somalia and get safe haven." "We have trained 26,000 police. We can find and arrest anyone they tell us to," he said, referring to the United States. US officials have often expressed concern that Somalia, which has not had a strong central government since the fall of president Mohammed Siad Barre in 1991, is home to individuals or groups linked to the al-Qaeda network. General Tommy Franks, commander of US military operations in Afghanistan said last week that the United States was keeping Somalia under observation. **** _________________________________________________ KOMINFORM P.O. Box 66 00841 Helsinki Phone +358-40-7177941 Fax +358-9-7591081 http://www.kominf.pp.fi General class struggle news: [EMAIL PROTECTED] subscribe mails to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Geopolitical news: [EMAIL PROTECTED] subscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] __________________________________________________
