Wizdom
18-06-06, 17:40
Jun. 18 - Ordinary Somalis are finding it much easier to do business since the arrival of the Islamic courts.
"We have no special aims, interests or hidden agenda," the courts union chairman, Sheikh Sharif Ahmed, told reporters in Jowhar.
"But the people wanted stability and security after 16 years of bloodshed and civil war. This was a popular uprising."
Benet Allen reports
SOUNDBITE: El Maan Port Manager, Abdul Kadhir Saying (English):
"Sometimes we had difficulities when the cargo came through the town of trucks and someone hijacked the trucks. that was the insecurity, but sice the islamic court arrived we have not had any hijacking of the trucks."
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"We have no special aims, interests or hidden agenda," the courts union chairman, Sheikh Sharif Ahmed, told reporters in Jowhar.
"But the people wanted stability and security after 16 years of bloodshed and civil war. This was a popular uprising."
Benet Allen reports
SOUNDBITE: El Maan Port Manager, Abdul Kadhir Saying (English):
"Sometimes we had difficulities when the cargo came through the town of trucks and someone hijacked the trucks. that was the insecurity, but sice the islamic court arrived we have not had any hijacking of the trucks."
© Reuters 2006. All rights reserved.
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Reuters journalists are subject to the Reuters Editorial Handbook which requires fair presentation and disclosure of relevant interests.