By Mohamed Amin
Shabelle Media Network (Mogadishu) – The second round of meeting by the Ethiopian military officials and elders of powerful Hawiye tribe in the Somalia capital Mogadishu Saturday has ended in failure after the Ethiopians informed the Hawiye men that they would carry out house to house search operations in the capital.
The meeting which lasted for several hours ended in deadlock after the Ethiopian officials told the elders that they could not accept what is going on in Mogadishu.
The spokesman for Hawiye tribe, Ahmed Dirie told Shabelle Media that the Ethiopians want to launch massive military operation in the capital searching for weapons and terrorists.
“They have told us that we fulfilled the ceasefire but they want to do the job themselves for their interests, they told us that president Abdulahi Yusuf has his job and they own theirs,” said Ahmed Dirie quoting the Ethiopian officials at the meeting.
Mr. Dirie said they (the elders) have responded that they will defend themselves against any aggression saying that the Ethiopians have no right to do whatever they want in this country.
Mr. Dirie accused the Ethiopian government of taking the idea of president Abdulahi Yusuf based on that a clan occupies another clan suggesting Ethiopian should play a neutral role in Somalia affairs.
Asked whether they had contacted with the government officials over the issue, Dirie said they made no contact with anyone and the government will hold the responsibility of the consequences.
The Hawiye spokesman called on the international community to make intervention into what he called ‘the extremism of the Ethiopian troops conducting in Mogadishu’
Nevertheless, if the ceasefire truce broken what is expected is major bloody confrontation that will cause humanitarian crisis.
On Thursday, the traditional elders of Hawiye tribe and Ethiopian military officials agreed on ceasefire deal over the fighting in the capital.
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