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Aideed says “no place” at conference

    NAIROBI

    In a letter to the Djibouti president, Mogadishu-based faction leader
    Hussein Mohamed Aideed said he would not attend the Djibouti-hosted Somali
    peace talks as it excluded organisations that had fought for “justice” and included corrupt former officials and extremist Islamic groups. He thanked President Ismael Omar Gelleh for sending a special delegation to Mogadishu, but said that those attending the conference were “our political rivals” and no place was left for him and his Somali National Alliance movement.
    For the full text of the letter, see
    http://www.reliefweb.int/IRIN/webspecials/somalia_npc/temp.phtml

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