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To: Hawkmoon who wrote (188530)	6/6/2006 10:51:04 AM
From: jttmab	Read Replies (2) of 281500

Of course, there's the progress in Somalia.... US 'worried by' Somali Islamists The United States has expressed its concern after an Islamist militia said it had taken control of the Somali capital, Mogadishu. A State Department spokesman did not comment directly but pointedly said: "We don't want to see Somalia turn into a safe haven for foreign terrorists". The US was accused of backing the warlords defeated by the Islamists. The Islamic militia says it has now advanced to within 20km of Jowhar, the town where the defeated warlords fled. In Mogadishu, crowds have attended two rallies in the north after their clan elders warned the Islamists not to attack Jowhar. The elders also said they would set up a court which would be independent of the main Union of Islamic Courts. The BBC's Mohammed Olad Hassan in Mogadishu says some people have been returning to their homes after fleeing during the fighting, but with a stand-off developing in the north of the city there are now fears of more clashes. However, a senior Somali MP told the BBC that the takeover could be a step towards ending 15 years of anarchy. 'New era' Former Information Minister Mohamud Jama told the BBC's Network Africa programme that having a single group in control of Mogadishu for the first time since 1991 could make negotiations easier for the transitional government based in Baidoa, 250km (155 miles) north-west of the capital. Mr Jama also suggested that the Islamic Courts might improve the security situation in the capital. ... news.bbc.co.uk

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