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09NAIROBI863
2009-04-30 15:23:00
CONFIDENTIAL
Embassy Nairobi
Cable title:
SOMALIA - AWEYS TELLS HIS CLAN HE WILL FIGHT
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C O N F I D E N T I A L NAIROBI 000863
SIPDIS
DEPT FOR AF/E AND ACTING A/S CARTER
E.O. 12958: DECL: 04/29/2019
TAGS: PGOV PREL KDEM EAID PTER SO
SUBJECT: SOMALIA - AWEYS TELLS HIS CLAN HE WILL FIGHT
AMISOM, TFG
Classified By: Ambassador John Yates for reasons 1.4(b) and (d)
C O N F I D E N T I A L NAIROBI 000863
SIPDIS
DEPT FOR AF/E AND ACTING A/S CARTER
E.O. 12958: DECL: 04/29/2019
TAGS: PGOV PREL KDEM EAID PTER SO
SUBJECT: SOMALIA - AWEYS TELLS HIS CLAN HE WILL FIGHT
AMISOM, TFG
Classified By: Ambassador John Yates for reasons 1.4(b) and (d)
1. (C) African Union Mission to Somalia (AMISOM) contacts
shared their reporting of opposition leader Hassan Dahir
Aweys' activities in Mogadishu since he arrived on April 23
(reftel). AMISOM's political analysts in Mogadishu say that
Aweys has little support from his Ayr clan's elders and
opinion-makers, but that he will cast his lot with other
violent extremist groups and fight AMISOM and the government
from Somalia. TFG president Sheikh Sharif Sheikh Ahmed told
AMISOM he would defeat Aweys either politically or
militarily.
2. (C) Many of Aweys former allies are standing against him,
and in favor of the government, AMISOM reports. Aweys'
former defense minister Yusuf Inda Ade reportedly told Aweys
he was backing the government. Ayr elders openly questioned
what Aweys had done to help the Somali people during his two
years in exile. They told him with Ethiopia gone there was
no need for further violence. Ayr community leaders pledged
to prevent Aweys and extremist groups to launch attacks from
their neighborhoods in the Wardhigley district. Another
pro-government Ayr militia commander named Gobale, who
controlled Mogadishu stadium, reportedly denied Aweys
permission to use the stadium for his April 24 rally. Elders
held Gobale up as a positive example for Aweys.
3. (C) Aweys supposedly indicated he would leverage his
Eritrean ties, his reportedly 300-strong personal militia,
and his relations with Hizbul Islamia, Hassan al Turki's Ras
Kamboni group, al Shabaab and others to fight the
"American-backed" AMISOM and government forces. Aweys was
reportedly organizing his force in the "Suga Holaha" area of
Huriwa district. AMISOM reported there are rumors Aweys soon
will travel to the Juba region to meet with al Turki.
4. (U) Comment: Although we cannot independently corroborate
this information, much of it is consistent with what we are
hearing elsewhere. End Comment.
RANNEBERGER
SIPDIS
DEPT FOR AF/E AND ACTING A/S CARTER
E.O. 12958: DECL: 04/29/2019
TAGS: PGOV PREL KDEM EAID PTER SO
SUBJECT: SOMALIA - AWEYS TELLS HIS CLAN HE WILL FIGHT
AMISOM, TFG
Classified By: Ambassador John Yates for reasons 1.4(b) and (d)
1. (C) African Union Mission to Somalia (AMISOM) contacts
shared their reporting of opposition leader Hassan Dahir
Aweys' activities in Mogadishu since he arrived on April 23
(reftel). AMISOM's political analysts in Mogadishu say that
Aweys has little support from his Ayr clan's elders and
opinion-makers, but that he will cast his lot with other
violent extremist groups and fight AMISOM and the government
from Somalia. TFG president Sheikh Sharif Sheikh Ahmed told
AMISOM he would defeat Aweys either politically or
militarily.
2. (C) Many of Aweys former allies are standing against him,
and in favor of the government, AMISOM reports. Aweys'
former defense minister Yusuf Inda Ade reportedly told Aweys
he was backing the government. Ayr elders openly questioned
what Aweys had done to help the Somali people during his two
years in exile. They told him with Ethiopia gone there was
no need for further violence. Ayr community leaders pledged
to prevent Aweys and extremist groups to launch attacks from
their neighborhoods in the Wardhigley district. Another
pro-government Ayr militia commander named Gobale, who
controlled Mogadishu stadium, reportedly denied Aweys
permission to use the stadium for his April 24 rally. Elders
held Gobale up as a positive example for Aweys.
3. (C) Aweys supposedly indicated he would leverage his
Eritrean ties, his reportedly 300-strong personal militia,
and his relations with Hizbul Islamia, Hassan al Turki's Ras
Kamboni group, al Shabaab and others to fight the
"American-backed" AMISOM and government forces. Aweys was
reportedly organizing his force in the "Suga Holaha" area of
Huriwa district. AMISOM reported there are rumors Aweys soon
will travel to the Juba region to meet with al Turki.
4. (U) Comment: Although we cannot independently corroborate
this information, much of it is consistent with what we are
hearing elsewhere. End Comment.
RANNEBERGER