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Somalia may be next
BRUSSELS - Somalia is the next target as the United
States moves its sights from Afghanistan in pursuit of
Osama bin Laden's terrorist network, according to a
senior German official.
The German official, speaking on condition of
anonymity, said on Wednesday that it was no longer a
question of whether to go after Osama's Al-Qaeda
organisation in Somalia, but only when and how.
Defence Secretary
Donald Rumsfeld said
the official was 'flat
wrong' but General
Richard Myers, the
chairman of the US
Joint Chiefs of Staff,
acknowledged that
Somalia was a
potential target.
'We are not going to
speculate on any next
operation,' he said at
a meeting with
journalists in Brussels.
'Countries that harbour terrorists worry us,' he
added. 'Somalia is one potential country but there are
others as well.'
At Tuesday's meeting here of Nato defence ministers,
Mr Rumsfeld mentioned Yemen and Sudan as countries
suspected of supporting terrorism.
Iraq also has been identified by President George W.
Bush as a potential target.
US officials believe Somalia, which is mostly
controlled by warlords, is a haven for fleeing
Al-Qaeda members.
Speculation has run high that US diplomats would
prefer to see Somalia targeted if the anti-terrorism
campaign were expanded because it would be less
difficult to convince allies to back the move than one
against Iraq.
Washington has identified one Somali group, Al-Itihaad
al-Islamiya (Unity of Islam), as linked to Al-Qaeda
and, last week, there were signs of possible military
action.
Two US military helicopters were said by witnesses to
have been flying low over an area north of the Somali
capital of Mogadishu last Thursday. A humanitarian aid
source in Nairobi also said there were credible
reports
of high-altitude observation planes flying over
northern Somalia in recent weeks.
And the weekend before, US military officers visited
Baidoa, a Somali town held by an armed group opposed
to the fledgling transitional government in Mogadishu.
On Monday, the transitional government's Prime
Minister Hassan Abshir Farah said a US military strike
would be unwarranted.
'We are not Taleban, we have never invited terrorists.
There are no terrorists.'
However, US officials have expressed concerns about
Somalia and Mr Glen Warren, a Kenya-based US diplomat,
made a rare official visit to Mogadishu on Wednesday
to meet government and factional leaders. He
said his trip was 'mainly concentrating on America's
war against international terrorism'.
Meanwhile, US agents in Kandahar questioned captured
fighters for leads in the massive manhunt for Osama,
as detective work replaced air strikes and ground
assaults.
Pakistan yesterday also captured hundreds of fleeing
non-Afghan Al-Qaeda members - some of whom staged a
bloody attempt to escape on Wednesday - who may hold
leads on Osama's trail.
Pakistani officials said 15 people died when members
in a group of 156 captured fighters being transported
by bus near the Afghan frontier seized their guards'
weapons and opened fire.
Pakistani troops are engaged in a huge manhunt, trying
to recapture those still on the run. --AP, AFP
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