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Canadian insurgent killed: report
Fought In Somalia
Stewart Bell, National Post, 3 Jul 08
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"A Canadian who held a key position in a Somali insurgent group has reportedly been killed during a clash with African peacekeeping forces.
Abdullah Ali Afrah, who was also known as Aspro or Asparo, ran a money-transfer business in Toronto before returning to his homeland and joining Africa's version of the Taliban.
A rebel spokesman said Aspro died during an attack on an Ethiopian troop convoy in Mataban, 400 kilo-metres north of the capital, Mogadishu, the Reuters news agency reported yesterday.
Canadian officials have been trying to verify the reported death but Ottawa has no official presence in Somalia. Attempts to call Mr. Afrah's mobile phone were unsuccessful. Mr. Afrah, a Canadian citizen, was a senior advisor to the Islamic Courts Union, which is sometimes compared to the Taliban because of its ties to Osama bin Laden and its armed campaign to turn Somalia into a fundamentalist state.
After the National Post first revealed the Canadian's role in the Somali insurgency in 2006, Mr. Afrah told the newspaper in a telephone interview that if gays and lesbians can do what they want in Toronto, then Muslims should be free to live as they want in Somalia...."
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Canadian insurgent killed: report
Fought In Somalia
Stewart Bell, National Post, 3 Jul 08
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"A Canadian who held a key position in a Somali insurgent group has reportedly been killed during a clash with African peacekeeping forces.
Abdullah Ali Afrah, who was also known as Aspro or Asparo, ran a money-transfer business in Toronto before returning to his homeland and joining Africa's version of the Taliban.
A rebel spokesman said Aspro died during an attack on an Ethiopian troop convoy in Mataban, 400 kilo-metres north of the capital, Mogadishu, the Reuters news agency reported yesterday.
Canadian officials have been trying to verify the reported death but Ottawa has no official presence in Somalia. Attempts to call Mr. Afrah's mobile phone were unsuccessful. Mr. Afrah, a Canadian citizen, was a senior advisor to the Islamic Courts Union, which is sometimes compared to the Taliban because of its ties to Osama bin Laden and its armed campaign to turn Somalia into a fundamentalist state.
After the National Post first revealed the Canadian's role in the Somali insurgency in 2006, Mr. Afrah told the newspaper in a telephone interview that if gays and lesbians can do what they want in Toronto, then Muslims should be free to live as they want in Somalia...."
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