Arabic News Weekly Edition for Somalia, 12/17/2001
Weekly Edition, Somalia - Week of December 17, 2001
- Eight foreigners arrested in Somalia over terrorism links
Eight foreigners were arrested in Somalia on Thursday suspected to have links to terrorism. Somalia, Politics, 12/22/2001 - Arab League ignores a call for dialogue by Somali war lord Hussein Aided
The Arab League has ignored a call almost official addressed earlier by the Somali war lord Hussein Aided one of the most prominent figures who stands against the provisional Somali resident Abdul Qasem Salad Hassan on the need to open channels of dialogues between the Arab league and the Somali opposition. Somalia, Politics, 12/21/2001 - American diplomat in Makadishu
Officials at the American embassy in Nairobi on Wednesday disclosed that an American diplomat arrived in Makadishu on Tuesday in a first visit held by an American official to Somalia since many years. Somalia-USA, Politics, 12/20/2001 - The US will not strike Somalia
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. Somalia-USA, Politics, 12/18/2001 - Somalia rules out an American attack, asks for forces to prevent sneaking of Qaeda fighters
Somalia's prime minister Hassan Absheer Fareh on Saturday stressed that there is no reason to bombarding Somalia. He reiterated that al-Qaeda organization which is led by Osama Bin Laden does not win any support in his country ( Somalia). Somalia-USA, Politics, 12/17/2001