http://www.mareeg.com/fidsan.php?sid=29738&tirsan=3
Abdi Nur Siyad denies he is Eritrean Agent
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18/07/2013
Mogadishu-(Mareeeg.com)- Abdi Nur Siyad is one of the two Somalis named in the latest annual report by the U.N monitoring group. The report accuses Abdi Nur and Mohamed Weli as individual spoilers who acted as political agents for Eriterian government.
However Mr. Abdi Nur denied the accusations and termed the report as a false report with no clues or clear evidence.
Mr. Abdi added that he has never had a relationship with the Eritrean government and has never even set a stepped in the soil of that country.
“Those who wrote the report have other things in their mind, and are there to spoil my name in public’’ said Abdi Nur ..
Asked about what he meant by other things, Mr. Abdi said that he attended a meeting at the Aden Adde international airport recently where he stood by his opinion to oppose the idea of foreign peacekeepers in Somalia. ‘’Somalia should be left for Somalis and the people of Somalia should be the ones to decide for what is good for this country”.
Abdi Nur is today expected to hold a press conference in Mogadishu denying the allegations.
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http://www.raxanreeb.com/2013/07/zakaria-calls-un-allegations-against-him-false/
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Press Statement:
Zakaria Calls UN Allegations Against Him False
I am outraged at what has been published about me, Zakaria M Haji Abdi, on 17th July 2013 by Reuters. I categorically deny this false allegation that has been made against me by the UN Monitoring Group on Somalia and Eritrea. This is tantamount to character assassination. It is a continuation of a smear campaign against me that has been started by them since 2009. I am also deeply disappointed that two respectable organizations, the UN and Reuters, have chosen to fabricate and publish, respectively, false information about me without first consulting me. I expected more critical and unbiased journalism from Reuters and more professionalism and honest conduct from the UN. I am utterly disgusted that neither the UN nor Reuters contacted me to verify any of the details of this ‘story’ before pursuing it. This is akin to the years that imperialist forces portrayed Mahatma Gandhi, George Washington, Nelson Mandela, Sayed Mohamed Abdalla Hassan, to
mention a few, as terrorists and extremists, only for history to reveal that they were in fact patriots and heroes.
During my time in Somalia, I live there peacefully, without security services of any kind, contrary to what the article suggests. I mingle freely with the people of Somalia and continue to live my life there in peace with my beloved Somali people. I have nothing to fear from them as they recognize me as a patriot and a fellow citizen.
Just to reiterate: I categorically deny the false allegations made against me; I have no extremist links; I do not, never have and never will have dealings with hit-men or goons and I am not an agent of any state. I am a law abiding Somali citizen. I will remain a patriot and I will endeavor to take part in the rebuilding of a free, strong and independent Somalia.
I am in the process of seeking legal counsel to counter this preposterous smear campaign against me.
Finally I implore the Secretary General of the UN and members of the Security Council to investigate this matter in order to maintain their credibility and neutrality. I fear that this latest false allegation will add to the barrage of false allegations made against other law abiding Somalis by this particular monitoring group.
Received on Fri Jul 19 2013 - 14:45:13 EDT