Somalia: Islamists Do Not Recognize 'Colonial Government,' Says War Chief

9 December 2007

A member of Somalia's Islamic Courts movement has dismissed the Somali transitional federal government as a "colonial government" while urging the international community not to send peacekeepers to the country.

Yusuf "Indha Ade" Mohamed Siad, formerly the Islamists' security chief, told the BBC Somali Service on Sunday that he is "somewhere in Banadir region," where the capital Mogadishu is located.

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