ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (Garowe Online) — Interim Somali President Abdullahi Yusuf has accused the Ethiopian Woyanne army's top commander deployed in Somalia of "taking bribes" from local business groups, inside sources tell Garowe Online.
In private talks with Ethiopian Prime Minister dictator Meles Zenawi, President Yusuf said Gen. Gabre has "connections" with insurgents and other anti-government groups, the sources added.
Somalia's president and the Prime Minister, Nur "Adde" Hassan Hussein, are in the Ethiopian capital Addis Ababa where the Ethiopian leader dictator is helping mediate the growing rift between them.
According to Garowe Online sources, President Yusuf called for Ethiopian Prime Minister dictator Zenawi to "replace" Gen. Gabre with a new commander for troops deployed in southern and central Somalia.
The Ethiopian Woyanne general was accused of allowing Mogadishu's Bakara Market traders to establish a private security force, which is independent of the government, the sources in Addis Ababa said.
Further, the Somali President said Gen. Gabre is "responsible" for the Islamist rebels' ability to gain strongholds in Hiran and Middle Shabelle regions.
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It will not be long before the Woyannee Tigraians start eating each other as they had done it before.
Woyanees vontarily went to Somalia to slave for big powers at the expense of poor and young Ethiopians but now they found themeselves trapped in the big Somalia quagmire without any end.
August 17th, 2008 at 5:25 pm
I think that the Somali puppet, A. Yusuf Ahmed, is even worse than the corrupt Col. Gabre. Between thiefs and murderers reigns terror and devastation. We shall both kick them out of our country. Time and power is on our side.
August 18th, 2008 at 12:18 pm