Shabelle Media Network (Mogadishu)
Abdinasir Mohamed Guled
25 June 2008
In a news conference he held in Egyptian capital Cairo former Somali president Abdi Qasim Salad Hassan has acknowledged that the Ethiopian troops in Somalia have committed war crimes against Somali civilians.
"They made Somalis in the country those killed. Fled, and jailed "He said.
He added that they "Ethiopians" conducted supplementary killings for reprisal of 1977s Somalia-Ethiopia's war as he put it.
He also accused the United States government of revenging Somali people from their armed resistance they ousted US troops from country 1995.
"US supports Ethiopian troops in Somalia to get revenge Somalis from SNA's guerilla led by late General Mohamed Farah Aideed those driven American troops out from Somalia on 1995 by force" Abdi Qasim said in the news conference.
He also revealed that the Ethiopian troops killed in Somalia up to 2000 people and forced for displacement over 2m others.
"Excluding those were killed and displaced the rest are in severe undernourishment" he said.
He praised Egyptian government of coping with the influx of Somali refugees including student were offered for at no cost schooling and safe haven.
Abdi qasim was the president of the former TNG government has been given the mandate for three years during the conference in Neighboring Djibouti in which the government was supposed to restore the rule of law back to Somalia and prepare a multiparty system for the election of a government, but has failed to extend its influence throughout the country.
His government controlled parts of the Somali capital, Mogadishu, with the rest of the country being under the control of various warlords.
The mandate of his former transitional national government expired in August 2003 and Abdiqasim withdrew from the talks aimed at forming a new government shortly before the mandate expired.
The Prime Minister of his government Hassan Abshir Farah accused him of trying to make the talks fail to extend his time in office, resulting in the prime minister's dismissal by Abdiq
However, Abdiqasim pledged to step aside to make way for a constitutionally-elected leader. Abdiqasim was a candidate for the presidency of the new national unity government, but he was not among the 3 candidates who passed the 1st round of voting. He left office peacefully several days after the election.
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