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Article: Somali Islamists seek refuge in Yemen; A top Islamist leader arrived last week.(WORLD)
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- The Christian Science Monitor
- Article date:
- February 13, 2007
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Byline: Ginny Hill Contributor to The Christian Science Monitor
SANAA, YEMEN -- Under cover of darkness, exhausted Somali refugees stagger onto Yemen's southern beaches at the end of a grueling and dangerous journey across the Gulf of Aden."We were loaded onto the boats like animals," says Adil Mokhtar Mohammed. "We were forced to squat for three days and we were tightly packed together in rows. The smugglers don't even allow you to open your bag for food and water. If you try to move, they beat you."Since the outbreak of Somalia's civil war in 1991, each new cycle of turmoil has generated a fresh flow of refugees to neighboring Yemen. But during this past year's ...
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