Leaders of Somalia's powerful Islamist movement have urged Muslim Ethiopians to revolt against their government and said that their armed followers were preparing to drive Ethiopian troops out of Somalia.
Sheikh Hassan Dahir Aweys, leader of the Islamic Courts Union, also told all Somalis to take up arms against Ethiopian troops assisting the Somali government.
"We have been asking the Ethiopians to leave our country for a long time," Aweys told thousands at the Isbahaysiga mosque in Mogadishu, the Somali capital, in a speech to mark the end of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan on Monday.
"This is the end of that request.
"We are now telling them that from now on, their graves will be littered everywhere in Somalia. We are not going to tell the world that Ethiopia is interfering in Somali affairs any more.
"We will now start fighting. I am calling on all Somalis wherever they are to start jihad against the invaders and those who support them."
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