Somalia: Al Shabab’s Omar Hamami quits from Al Shabab, Al Qaeda

Mogadishu, Sep 04, 2013 (SDN) -The American-born Al Shabab fighter in Somalia, Omar Hamami has said on Wednesday that he has left from Al Shabab and Al Qaeda alleging he has survived many assassination attempts.

“I am no longer member of Al Shabab and Al Qaeda,.” the young American man who has been fighting in Somalia for years against the government and the African Union Forces said in a telephone interview with VOA Somali Service.

Omar Hamami said even after he has  left from Al Shabab and Al Qaeda he still believes that he is a terrorist man wanted by the U.S government and the western countries.

When Omar Hamami was asked about his decision to relinquish from Al Shabab and Al Qaeda he answered that he has survied from assassination attempts against his life by the Al Shabab’s senior leader Ahmed Abdi Godane.

“Godane made Al Shabab as his own group and used to suppress the Muslim people.” he said.

Hamami has described Al Shabab’s leader Ahmed Godane like former Somali dictator Mohamed Siad Barre who was ousted by armed militias in 1991 which led Somalia to a lawless state.

The foreign fighter in Somalia has complained that his two Somali wives were kidnapped by Ahmed Godane and even he foes not aware of their fates.

“IO am also hiding myself in the Baay and Bakool regions.” he added rejecting to name which of the two regions he is living.

The interview becomes the first telephone interview with world media since the conflict between Al Shabab leaders became well known to the media and the people.

SDN Mogadishu