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06NAIROBI2454
2006-06-05 13:24:00
CONFIDENTIAL
Embassy Nairobi
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SRSYG FRANCOIS FALL WORRIED ABOUT ISLAMIC COURT

Tags:  PGOV PTER PREL ASEC KPAO SO KE 
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E.O. 12958: DECL: 06/04/2026
TAGS: PGOV PTER PREL ASEC KPAO SO KE
SUBJECT: SRSYG FRANCOIS FALL WORRIED ABOUT ISLAMIC COURT
MILITIAS


Classified By: Ambassador William M. Bellamy for reasons 1.4 (b,d).

C O N F I D E N T I A L NAIROBI 002454

SIPDIS

SIPDIS

E.O. 12958: DECL: 06/04/2026
TAGS: PGOV PTER PREL ASEC KPAO SO KE
SUBJECT: SRSYG FRANCOIS FALL WORRIED ABOUT ISLAMIC COURT
MILITIAS


Classified By: Ambassador William M. Bellamy for reasons 1.4 (b,d).


1. (C) SRSYG for Somalia Amb. Francois Fall called me June
5 to voice concern over reports that the Islamic Court
militias were gaining ground in Mogadishu and southern
Somalia and may soon be in a position to establish their
own government. Fall was worried about Islamists'
longstanding opposition to the Transitional Federal
Institutions and Transitional Federal Government, as well
as their extremist ties, including close ties to the east
Africa Al-Qaeda cell.


2. (C) Fall plans to try to arrange a meeting with Islamic
Court authorities in coming days, possibly on the outskirts
of Mogadishu. Fall thinks it is important to gain some
understanding of what the Islamic Court's intentions are.
He is worried, he said, about the emergence of a
"Taliban-style" situation in Mogadishu in which Islamic
extremists, posing as the liberators of a population
long-repressed by unpopular warlords, establish
governmental control and begin construction of a jihadist
state.


3. (C) I told Fall I could see no harm in the UN trying to
make contact with leaders of the Islamic courts in order to
try to discover their true intentions. We agreed to stay
in close contact.

BELLAMY