Mohamed Abdi Farah
(SomaliNet) The leader of executive council of Islamic Courts Sheikh Sharif Sheikh Ahmed accused the Ethiopian government of being behind today’s bomb explosions that targeted the cars of president Abdulahi Yusuf Ahmed just as he finished an speech to the parliamentarians in Baidoa city, the temporarily capital of the UN recognized transitional federal government. Two cars full of explosives have blown off outside of the parliament hall killing at least 11 people most of president’s body guards and injuring dozens more. President’s driver and Colonel Abdisalan Yusuf Ahmed who was Yusuf’s brother were among the dead, government officials said. The president escaped unharmed. Sheikh Ahmed said it was an attack plotted by none Somali people who oppose the peace in the region and wish Somalia to remain chaos forever. Sheikh Ahmed speaking to Al-Jazeera Tv channel expressed his sorrow over the deaths and injures in Baidoa and blamed Ethiopia on the explosions. He said the attack in Baidoa indicates how Ethiopia is unwilling the current government and seeks best justifications for its intervention in Somalia and persuade the United Nations to lift the embargo and let the outside troops enter Somalia . But he didn’t tell in the latest statement any evidences for his allegation on Ethiopia that it was responsible for the attack. The Islamist leader has also drawn his condemnation on ministers of foreign and interior Hussein Aideed and Ismael Buba for not giving their interest to Somali future after they hastily blamed the attacks on Al-Qaeda. No group has claimed the responsibility of the attacks in Baidoa so far. Several men have been arrested for the explosions while others had been killed by the government forces. Sources say.
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