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Former Islamic Courts Leader elected president of Somalia
longwarjournal.org - 1/31/2009
Former Islamic Courts Leader elected president of Somalia
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Sheikh Sharif Ahmed (left) and Sheikh Yusuf Indohaadde during a news conference iin June 2006. Indohaadde, the former Defense Minister for the Islamic Courts Union, appeared on al Qaeda propaganda tapes . Somalia's newly expanded parliament elected the former leader of ...

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news.yahoo.com - 1/27/2009
Somali insurgents take Baidoa after Ethiopians leave - Yahoo! News
— news.yahoo.com — BAIDOA (Reuters) Hardline Islamist insurgents captured the central town of Baidoa on Monday, an important stronghold of Somalia's fragile government and seat of the national parliament, witnesses said. Just hours after Ethiopia withdrew its last ... (more) Somali insurgents take Baidoa after Ethiopians leave - ...

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newsweek.com - 1/26/2009
Recruited for Jihad? | Newsweek International
— newsweek.com — It didn't trouble Burhan Hassan 's mother that her son had been spending more time at the Abubakar As-Saddique Islamic Center, Minneapolis 's largest mosque. A 17-year-old senior at Roosevelt High, Hassan and his family had fled civil war in Somalia ... (more) Recruited for Jihad? | Newsweek International

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yglesias.thinkprogress.org - 1/28/2009
The End in Somalia
— yglesias.thinkprogress.org — The disastrous American-backed Ethiopian invasion of Somalia seems to have reached its ultimate conclusion today as the Ethiopian-backed nominal government totally collapses and Islamist insurgents capture Baidoa. Now we’ll have to reach some ... (more) The End in Somalia

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Bill Roggio: Former Islamic Courts Leader elected president of Somalia
Victory Caucus -- All Content — ... Saturday, 31 January 2009 Sheikh Sharif Ahmed is elected president by the newly expanded parliament. Sharif led the 2006 conquest of southern Somalia in 2006. read ...

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