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Somalia fundamentalist leader Sheik Hassan Dahir Aweys stands inside a mosque in northern Mogadishu, in this Oct. 12, 2005, file photo. Aweys, who is listed by the U.S. State Department as a suspected al-Qaida collaborator, was named Saturday, June 24, 2006, as the new leader of an Islamic militia that has seized control of Somalia's capital. The militia, which changed its name Saturday from the Islamic Courts Union to the Conservative Council of Islamic Courts, said in a statement it had appointed Sheikh Hassan Dahir Aweys as its new leader. The Bush administration says Aweys was an associate of Osama bin Laden in the early 1990s. (AP Photo/Osman Hassan,

Islamic Courts Union (ICU) Chairman Sheikh Sharif Ahmed addresses the media in the Somali capital Mogadishu June 24, 2006. The leader of Somalia's newly powerful Islamists expressed his condolences on Saturday to the family of a Swedish cameraman shot dead during a rally in Mogadishu and promised to catch his killer. (Shabelle Media/Reuters)

Somali Islamist chief says will find cameraman's killer

In this handout photo released by Swedish newspaper Aftonbladet, taken on July 4 2005, Swedish freelance cameraman Martin Adler stands in an unidentified region of Afghanistan. An unidentified gunman shot Adler in the back and killed him as he filmed a protest Friday June 23 2006 in the restive Somali capital Mogadishu. The slaying of Adler shows that despite peace efforts, the country of Somalia remains a dangerous and lawless place where anti-foreigner sentiment runs high. (AP Photo / Aftonbladet, ho)