Shabelle Media Network (Mogadishu)
4 December 2008
Somalia — A Somali intellectual, Professor Abdi Ismail Samatar, who has an American citizenship, described the Ethiopian troop withdrawal as "crocodile tears" saying that Ethiopia is not committed to pull out its troops from Somalia.
In an interview with Shabelle Media Network Professor Abdi Ismail Smatar told Shabelle from the United States that the Ethiopian soldiers in Somalia caused insecurity problems in Mogadishu.
"If the Ethiopian troops withdraw from Somalia there will not be security vacuum," Professor Samatar Said. Ethiopians are them selves creating security problems, he added.
He also criticized the peace agreement signed in Djibouti between the Alliance for the Re-liberation of Somalia ARS and the transitional federal government.
He pointed out that the international community is not doing enough efforts to help Somali people He argued the composition of 250 parliamentarians is not good for Somalia.
Professor Abdi Ismail Samatar lives and works in the United States.
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