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Prominent militant arrested in blow to Somali Islamists
Source: Reuters
Prominent militant arrested in blow to Somali Islamists
By Abdi Sheikh
MOGADISHU | Wed Jun 26, 2013 1:55pm EDT
(Reuters) - One of Somalia's most prominent Islamist rebel commanders has been arrested and is in the hands of a regional administration, local and government officials said on Wednesday, dealing a blow to the country's al Shabaab insurgents.
Sheikh Hassan Dahir Aweys was detained in a coastal area of central Somalia and had been taken to a safe-house in the town of Adado, said a spokesman for the Somali Federal Government.
Aweys was "linked to terrorism" by the United States shortly after the September 11, 2001 attacks on New York and Washington and is on a U.N. Security Council terrorism sanctions list.
The arrest of a man who has been a major player in many stages of Somalia's long insurgency would be a boost for a government and its African allies struggling to contain months of guerrilla-style attacks.
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By Abdi Sheikh
MOGADISHU | Wed Jun 26, 2013 1:55pm EDT
(Reuters) - One of Somalia's most prominent Islamist rebel commanders has been arrested and is in the hands of a regional administration, local and government officials said on Wednesday, dealing a blow to the country's al Shabaab insurgents.
Sheikh Hassan Dahir Aweys was detained in a coastal area of central Somalia and had been taken to a safe-house in the town of Adado, said a spokesman for the Somali Federal Government.
Aweys was "linked to terrorism" by the United States shortly after the September 11, 2001 attacks on New York and Washington and is on a U.N. Security Council terrorism sanctions list.
The arrest of a man who has been a major player in many stages of Somalia's long insurgency would be a boost for a government and its African allies struggling to contain months of guerrilla-style attacks.
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Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/06/26/us-somalia-rebels-idUSBRE95P14F20130626