Posted on 06/02/2009 6:49:05 PM PDT by george76
A hardline Somali leader on a U.N. list of terror suspects claimed Tuesday to be making progress in uniting two Islamist insurgent factions as a single front against the Western-backed government.
Militiamen loyal to Islamic Party leader Sheik Hassan Dahir Aweys have been fighting side-by-side in recent weeks with al-Shabab, an extremist Islamist group considered by the U.S. State Department to be a terrorist organization with links to al-Qaida. Al-Shabab denies that.
"Talks to unite al-Shabab and the Islamic Party are at an advanced stage,"
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Good tag line.
Sad that we are leaving so much to future generations.
They have Sharia law, that makes them enemies of the free world. I don’t care if they unite or not.
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