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The Union of Islamic Courts does not want to impose a Taleban-style Islamic state in Somalia, says their leader.


Sharif Shaikh Ahmed told the BBC they had no political aims beyond enabling the people to decide their own future.


Sharif Sheikh Ahmed told the BBC Arabic service that the Islamic Courts were not a movement.


"They are a kind of popular revolution by the Somali people after 16 years of anarchy and killing, plunder and kidnapping," he said.

"This body is not a political one. Rather we want to give power back to the Somali people so it can make its own decisions and decide its own destiny."



http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/5051220.stm

quote "On Monday, Prime Minister Ali Mohammed Gedi, whose government wants talks, sacked four Mogadishu-based warlords who had been serving as ministers, as they were losing the battle for the capital."

@ "warlords serving as ministers"

Guy I work with was telling me about this. He found it funnier than hell.

^^ Didn't you know that>