Obama freezes assets of Somali militantsd 04/17/2010 

Washington, 19 April-(ANA)-Eritrea's top Presidential advisor Yemane Ghebreab and several reknowned Somalia insurgent leaders, including Sheikh Hassan Dahir Aweys and Sheikh Al-Turki, have had their assets frozen by US President Barack Obama’s latest executive order.
Obama said the alleged terrorists and their financers were "contributing to the conflict in Somalia" and posed an "extraordinary threat to the national security and foreign policy of the United States."

Sheikh Aweys is the leader of Hizbul Islam insurgent group that is currently fighting the Somalia transitional government and AU forces.

Ogaden born Sheikh Al-Turki was one of the leaders of Al-Itihaad al-Islamiya (AIAI), alongside Aweys, which wanted to annex the Ogaden region of Ethiopia and incorporate it into “Greater Somalia.” Both participated in the unsuccessful 1977 invasion of Ethiopia. (ANA)

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