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To: Oral Roberts who wrote (7589)	6/5/2006 2:37:57 PM
From: Proud_Infidel	Read Replies (1) of 14758

Taliban-like regime may be rising in Somalia CNN ^ \| Monday, June 5, 2006 \| AP cnn.com Islamic militants capture capital in Horn of Africa nation MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) -- Islamic fundamentalists whose ideology is similar to the Taliban seized control of Somalia's capital Monday, unifying the city for the first time in more than a decade and posing a direct challenge to a fledging U.N.-backed government. The advance against a secular alliance rumored to be backed by Washington comes after weeks of bloody fighting and 15 years of anarchy in the Horn of Africa nation, raising fears that Somalia could fall under the sway of al Qaeda. "We won the fight against the enemy of Islam; Mogadishu is under control of its people," said Sheik Sharif Sheik Ahmed, chairman of the Islamic Courts Union, on a radio broadcast. The militia now controls a 65-mile (100-kilometer) radius around the capital after fighting off a secular alliance of warlords. read the rest of the story on CNN...

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