Radical Cleric US Says is Terrorist to Lead Parliament (Somalia)

[Gloria]

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1//The Sydney Morning Herald, Australia June 26, 2006

http://www.smh.com.au/news/world/radical-cleric-us-says-is-terrorist-to-lead-parliament/2006/06/25/1151174072867.html



RADICAL CLERIC US SAYS IS TERRORIST TO LEAD PARLIAMENT



MOGADISHU: Somali Islamists have named a firebrand cleric wanted by the United States for alleged links to al-Qaeda to head their new parliament.



Officials said Sheik Hassan Dahir Aweys had been chosen to lead the Council of Islamic Courts, which will serve as a parliament for regions under the council's control.



The appointment comes as the Islamic courts have shored up their control of Mogadishu and outlying towns following the dramatic victory of their militia fighters over a US-backed warlord alliance in the capital city this month.



Sheik Aweys founded Mogadishu's first Islamic court and is believed to have orchestrated the Islamic takeover. He has been operating in the central Galgudud region, where he has established sharia, or Islamic, law.



He has been designated a terrorist by the US and is subject to US sanctions for alleged ties to al-Qaeda. His suspected terrorist links were a key reason why Washington backed the Alliance for the Restoration of Peace and Counter-Terrorism, formed in February by warlords who said the Islamists were harbouring extremists.

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[MadMaddie]

1. So are we going to attack Somalia.....? Jeez....this administration

really does want to start WWIII...

[Javaman]

2. so many nations to bomb, so little time...

:sarcasm: