Catastrophic genocide is on-going

The New SYL
New Somali Youth League
Somali Political Party


Press Release

Catastrophic genocide is on-going in Mogadishu, the capital of Somalia, as I write this press release. Early this morning (29/03/07) in the early hours tanks and helicopters moved into densely populated areas in Mogadishu under the pretext of disarming Islamic extremist but is in reality to break down the dominant civilian population of the city – who are opposed to the despotic regime created by Ethiopia.
Annihilation and mass genocide is under statement to describe the current and present situation in Mogadishu.
We have on numerous occasion warned the International Community the result of such atrocity actions carried out by the occupying Ethiopian troops in Mogadishu, but they have turned a deaf ear – today – just now hours after the inhuman military action by Ethiopian troops started, the count of dead Somali civilians exceed over hundreds, and God forbid, it will only escalate.
We are still appealing to the good senses, if ever there is any, of the International community to do something about this naked, direct and unjustified attacks against Somali civilians which is in clear definition atrocities and genocide, which can purely be summarized as an apparent violation of all existing International Laws and Human rights. We fail to understand how the World has let this to happen and continue to happen – what is the logic behind it? Or are the lives of thousands of Somalis less value to the rest of the World.
This is not acceptable, this cannot be accepted, this should not be let to continue.

Rest assured that we will hold the International community responsible for the atrocities in Mogadishu because of their insignificance to the apparent genocide, and most of all we hold United States of America, the AU and the regional organization IGAD in contempt of the International Law for their clear legalization of the illegal occupation by the Ethiopian troops and the atrocities and genocide carried out by them..
An opposition cannot be forcefully silent as is the case in many parts of the World, and Somalia is no different.


Mr. Awale Kullane
Leader of the New SYL
New SYL
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