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President and PM meet elders to negotiate takeover of capital

(31 Dec 2006) 1. Wide shot, meeting 2. Centre left (grey shirt) Somalia President Abdullahi Yusuf, centre right (checked shirt) Somalia Prime Minister Ali Mohamed Gedi and extreme right (suit) Deputy Prime Minister Hussein Mohamed Aideed seated at table 3. Close up Gedi 4. Mogadishu Elders 5. SOUNDBITE: (English) Ali Mohamed Gedi, Somalia prime minister: "Nobody can try now to start sparking the fighting in Mogadishu. The people are fed up, they need peace and stability and services." 6. Cutaway soldier 7. SOUNDBITE: (English) Ali Mohamed Gedi, Somalia prime minister: "Ninety-five percent or more of the population that covet Allah are supportive of the Ethiopian troops together with the Somali forces. Two per cent or less are reacting and we don't understand it's a message from those who ran away, or still some of them are in the capital city and are instructing their children specifically - they are children - they are not big people." 8. Gedi (left) and Yusuf walking 9. Somali soldiers 10. Gedi getting into vehicle 11. Convoy moving off, guarded by troops STORYLINE: Somalia's prime minister and president met with key elders in Afgoye on the outskirts of Mogadishu on Saturday as Somali and Ethiopian forces closed in on the last stronghold of Islamic rebel forces. President Abdullahi Yusuf and Prime Minister Ali Mohamed Gedi were seeking to ensure a smooth takeover over of Mogadishu, which was abandoned on Thursday by militant fighters from the Islamic Courts. Gedi said he wanted to take the city peacefully. "Nobody can try now to start sparking the fighting in Mogadishu. The people are fed up, they need peace and stability and services," he said. Gedi insisted that ninety-eight per cent of the Somalia's muslims were supportive of the operation by Somali and Ethiopian troops. The advance by pro-government forces marks a major turnaround in a conflict, which until a few days ago saw the Islamic Courts in control of much of southern Somalia. In the last 10 days, the Islamic group has been forced from the capital, Mogadishu, and other key towns in the face of attacks led by Ethiopia, the region's greatest military power. Pro-government forces were closing in on the southern port of Kismayo, the last remaining Islamic stronghold, on Saturday, in preparation for an attack. President Yusuf's United Nations-backed government was established in 2004, but has never had full control over the country. Many Muslims are sceptical of the government's reliance on neighbouring Ethiopia, a traditional rival with a large Christian population and one of Africa's largest armies. Ethiopia and Somalia fought a bloody war in 1977. Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork Twitter:   / ap_archive   Facebook:   / aparchives   ​​ Instagram:   / apnews   You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/you...