The US will not strike Somalia
Somalia-USA, Politics, 12/18/2001

The prime minister of the provisional government in Somalia Hassan Absheer Farah has announced that the US will not carry out any military operation against Somalia.

Farah told reporters in Nairobi:" We are not Taliban movement and there are no bases for al-Qaeda network," noting that bases of al-Itihad organization, which is accused by Washington of establishing relations with al-Qaeda organization, led by Osama Bin Laden were also dismantled.

One of Farah's advisors said that the US has taken a decision after two months of field investigations not to launch attacks against Somalia.

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