The 'Ayaamaha' newspaper reported that officers of the defunct Somali National Army in the Mogadishu area have been called to an "important meeting", scheduled for Friday. The newspaper quoted General Muhammad Nur Galaal, who served as a commander in Aideed's National Salvation Army, as saying this was the first such meeting in nine years. He said "foreign forces had launched a land and sea invasion of Somalia" and the National Army officers were the "only class that had taken an oath to defend the country and its unity".
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