Thousands Rally Against The U.S. In Somalia
Julie Farby - All Headline News Staff Writer Mogadishu, Somalia (AHN)-Tens of thousands of people took to the streets of Mogadishu on Friday condemning the United States for supporting warlords involved in clashes with Islamic militias that claimed 16 more lives overnight. Sheikh Nur Barud, a respected cleric in Mogadishu, tells a crowd, chanting anti-American slogans, "America is responsible for the death of our children and the elderly." According to the Reuters report, tens of thousands of people surged through the Somali capital, voicing support for Islamic courts whose fighters have been engaged in vicious clashes with a coalition of warlords many say are funded by the United States. Some 350 people have been killed in three bouts of heavy fighting since the start of the year in the fighting that had focused on the capital but has now moved beyond Mogadishu. Meanwhile, Somali officials say the United States is funding the warlord coalition in return for attacks on Islamists it thinks are allied with or sheltering al Qaeda suspects. Washington has not commented except to say it welcomes support in its "war on terror."
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