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Douglas Mpuga of the VOA’s Washington Bureau has complied the following dispatch.

The Islamic Courts militia, which now control Somalia’s capital, have named a cleric as the head of a new parliament. Sheik Hassan Dahir Aweys was appointed Saturday at a meeting of Islamic authorities in Mogadishu. Some in Washington consider Sheik Hassan Dahir a terrorist with suspected ties to Osama bin Laden’s al-Qaida network. However, the Islamic Courts have denied any links to terrorism or al-Qaida and say they are interested only in restoring law and order to Somalia.

Is this the end of the TFG’s short life? I wonder!

Click here to view the full dispatch on VOA.

I am unable to upload the audio file I recorded last night. Apparently, the file is too large (4.15Mb) as a result the host server rejected it. I believe the server configuration has to be changed. This is something my host has to do. Hopefully, it will be done by early next week. Apologies for any inconvenience caused!

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