Abu Mansoor, a leader of Al-Shabaab, the leading guerrilla movement fighting the US-backed occupation of Somalia. He has denied any rumors of internal conflict within the movement. He says these are enemy lies.
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9 Oct 9, 2010 - 8:50:03 AM
Senior Somali hard-liners, Al-Shabaab sheikh Mukhtar Robow Ali also known as Abu-Mansor, denies the accusation of a dispute between him and his leader, Ahmed Abdi Godane on Friday prayers in Bakara’s Market, Radio Garowe Reports
“There is no internal conflicts inside Al-Shabaab, all the propaganda was spread by our enemies who against our missions,” said Abu-Mansor.
Abu-Mansor stated that his group will continue fighting with Somali government backed by AU/AMISOM—who controlling 45% in capital of Mogadishu, he claims Al-Shabaab is not paying attention on such misinformation.
“The reports was spread by some group who’s intention is to shut-down the dispute over Prime Minister Post, we will not softening by such reports,” Abu-Mansor told Bakara’s Resident inside the Mosque.
Analyst says Abu-Mansor summons’s been to calm down the boiling situatio-internally conflicts between him and Gadone, Al-Shabaab Leader.
However, Abu-Mansor also sent a message to al Qaeda leader Osama Bin laden that urged al-Shabaab will continue fighting with enemies of Muslim and will not surrender their mission of defeating pro-government forces.
“We are sending a message to our group leader-- al Qaeda leader Osama Bin laden that we are still continuing fighting until we join our fellow brothers who killed by American troops in other countries ,” Muktar Robow stated
Internal conflict inside the insurgent group was secret, while the Al-shabaab soldiers withdraw from Hiiran which gave sign of conflict.
Abu Mansur had previously participated in the Islamic Courts Union administration that ruled the capital Mogadishu and much of Somalia in 2006, until he was ousted late in the same year by US-backed Ethiopian military invasion.
Al-Shabaab,which control large swathes of regions and wants to rule the country with strict interpretation of Islamic Sharia Law suggested that the two groups should merge under one name, which was Al-Shabaab.
GAROWEONLINE
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