Hardline Islamist takes over Somali opposition
Thursday, 24 July 2008
NAIROBI, Jul 23 (AP): A fundamentalist Muslim whom the US suspects of collaborating with al-Qaida says he has taken over leadership of Somalia's opposition.
Sheik Hassan Dahir Aweys says he deposed the former chairman, Sheik Sharif Sheik Ahmed, because Ahmed signed a UN-brokered peace deal with the Somali government last month.
The US government has said Aweys was an associate of Osama bin Laden in the early 1990s.
Sheik Hassan Dahir Aweys says he deposed the former chairman, Sheik Sharif Sheik Ahmed, because Ahmed signed a UN-brokered peace deal with the Somali government last month.
The US government has said Aweys was an associate of Osama bin Laden in the early 1990s.