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| Last Updated: Apr 3, 2012 - 2:47:55 AM |
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Split rocks Somalia's insurgent group
14 May 14, 2010 - 3:32:23 AM
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An influential splinter group has officially cut it ties with the Somalia’s militant, Hizbul Islam, vowing to wage war against rival Islamist group.
Abdiaziz Hassan Abdi, a spokesman for the Ras Kamboni faction, says senior faction members including Sheikh Ahmed Mohammed Islam 'Madobe have decided to formally walk out of Hizbul Islam.
“We made the decision in a meeting held on May 19 in Dhobley town. From today onwards, we are an independent group fighting Al-Shabaab,” he said.
The Hizul Islam was a coalition comprising of Asmara-wing Alliance Re-liberation for Somalia, Mu’askhar Ras Kamboni (Ras Kamboni Brigade) and Anole and Jabhatul Islamiya ("Islamic Front").
Hassan Dahir Aweys, the group’s chairman recently accused Madobe of entering into an agreement with Somalia's transitional government and Kenya in waging war against his group and rival Islamist, Al-Shabaab in southern Jubba regions, claims which Abdi denied.
“We are not involved in any war with Hizbul Islam, we used to be a member and now we have decided to walk out politically and militarily,” he stated.
Abdi insisted that Ras Kamboni is the largest and the most well-armed Jihadist group that was formed in the country in 1993, adding that they are determined to uproot Al-Shabaab from Somalia.
Early this year, Sheikh Hassan Abdulahi Al-Turki, a notorious Islamist guerrilla leader defected to Al-Shabaab.
Cracks emerged in relationship between Al-Shabaab and Hizbul Islam, which are jointly involved in arm struggle against the embattled UN-backed Somali government, after they broke ranks over the control of southern regions.
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