Posted on 07/15/2006 3:58:00 PM PDT by LurkedLongEnough
An airplane crying Arab League delegates who arrived in Mogadishu this morning left Somalia using Mogadishu international airport for the first time in 11 years.
The plane landed at 2:30pm local time after taking off from Esiley airfield in northern Mogadishu after Islamists and Arab delegates decided to use the international Airport in southern part of the capital to show that Mogadishu is under Islamists control after 11 years of warlord dominance.
Hundreds of people including officers from the Islamists have gathered at the airport to participate the historic event by which Islamists achieved after 11 years.
The Airport, as well as the main seaport have been closed for the feuds in Capital after the united nations left Somalia in 1995.
Chairman of the Islamic Courts Sheik Sharif Sheik Ahmed has addressed briefly the people saying the International Airport is open from now on.
"We are very happy to witness unforgettable moments like today, we tell everybody that Mogadishu international Airport is open for international planes". Sheik Sharif said.
"This is what we have been looking forward after people's Islamic uprising in the capital which achieved to defeat warmongers, we tell the international community the capital is safe after years long", he added.
The plane has taken off crying eleven Arab League delegates led by Abdalla MubaraK, Special Representative for Somalia and other fifteen delegate members from the Islamic Courts which will represent Islamists at the planed Khartoum Peace accord.
"We are very much appreciated today we are taking off from Somalia International Airport which closed for a period of 11 years", Abdalla Mubarak said.
Prof. Ibrahim hassan Adow led the Islamic Courts delegates who flew to Khartoum to participate a meeting which previously planed to be held on July 15th.
Somalia Government is dragging foot on participating the meeting though Arab states are persuading to attend.
A new base from which to launch Islamic Terror.
Woohoo! Now I can finally book that vacation I've been putting off for 11 years.
The new Afghanistan.
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