A senior Somali militant leader, Abbas Abdikadir, was arrested and held in Kenyan on Thursday as he boarded a flight to Eritrea, the country which has been listed as a key financier of the ongoing insurgency in Somalia.Kenyan anti-terrorism Police seized Abdikadir and held him for questioning in Nairobi after he was arrested at the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport.
The arrest came hours after information revealed that Sheikh Daud Aweis, the leader of the militant group, Al Shabab, which has been pounding Mogadishu with bombs and mortar fire, has been using Kenya partly to plan his latest attacks against the Somali interim government.
Kenyan anti-terrorism Police were also on the lookout for another key Shabab leader and financier, Sheikh Ummal, who is believed to own property in Nairobi, sources said.Aweis, the leader of the radical Islamic militant group, Al Shabab, was reported on Thursday to have chartered a Kenyan aircraft to Eritrea, despite his name appearing on the US list of top Al Qaeda operatives wanted for trial over terrorism links.
Eritrea has been designated as a state sponsor of the ongoing insurgency in Somali, targeting the downfall of President Sheikh Ahmed’s government, elected and sworn in late in January, 2009, in neighbouring Djibouti after UN sponsored talks.African foreign ministers drawn from the Horn of Africa region met on Wednesday in the Ethiopian capital, Addis Ababa, and resolved to pursue UN sanctions against Eritrea for funding the insurgency against the recognized Somali government.
Source: http://www.afriquejet.com/
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