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Somali Islamist head rejects U.N.-sponsored pact
10 Jun 2008 08:30:54 GMT
Source: Reuters
NAIROBI, June 10 (Reuters) - A hardline Islamist leader rejected on Tuesday a peace agreement brokered by the United Nations in Djibouti between the Somali government and some opposition figures.

"We don't see that as a peace deal, we see it as a trap," Sheikh Hassan Dahir Aweys told Reuters by phone from Eritrea. "We encourage the insurgents and the Somali people not to be tired of combating the enemy." (Reporting by Aweys Yusuf; Writing by Andrew Cawthorne; Editing by Charles Dick) (For full Reuters Africa coverage and to have your say on the top issues, visit: http://africa.reuters.com/)
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