Sheikh Aweys: Ethiopia owns Somalia Baidoa government

(SomaliNet) The powerful Islamists in Somalia has again condemned on Sunday the transitional federal government based in Biadoa town for not being responsible on Somali people after it sought solution from Somali’s enemy (Ethiopia).

The leader of consultative council of Islamic Courts Sheikh Hassan Dahir Aweys, who is now in Somalia Galgadud central region, criticized the arrival of Ethiopian foreign minister Seyoum Mesfin in Baidoa as illegal and not justice for solving the current political crisis among the government.

He blamed the TFG of taking orders from Addis Ababa which he says has great influence in the movement of President Abdullahi Yusuf.

“The government in Baidoa belongs to Ethiopia and the arrival of the Ethiopian official in Somalia Baidoa town indicates that Addis Ababa government dedicates the transitional federal government to what ever they do,” Sheikh Aweys said adding “Ethiopia over looks the government to fulfill its interests in Somalia,”

Sheikh Hassan Aweys has also warned the constant intervention by Ethiopian troops in Somalia sending again a strong massage to the world community to hold back Ethiopia from Somalia

He said if the world powers do not confirm the withdrawal of Ethiopian soldiers from our country things would change drastically and this will led more bloodshed in horn of Africa and create more crises inside Ethiopia.

“Nothing will prevent us to fight for our rights till we achieve it, Ethiopia is known to have occupied parts of our land,” the Sheikh said Aweys also said that Somali government seated in Baidhabo led by Ali Gheddi and Abdulahi Yusuf wouldn’t even show that the country was controlled by Ethiopia and the Somali people were not independently in control of their territory and their government.

He called for the withdrawal of Ethiopian troops from Somalia and the Ethiopian government to keep away from the political affairs of Somalia. Aweys censured the United States, Ethiopia and Israel for showing their prejudice against Islam, as he put it.

Earlier, the Ethiopian government made it clear that it would defend the UN backed Somalia government from any possible assault from the Islamists who took control of Somalia capital Mogadishu and other key towns in south of the country.

Mohamed Abdi Farah