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Somali Islamic Militia Leader Wants Islamic Gov't
2006-06-26
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) -- The newly appointed leader of Somalia's Islamic militia said Monday he will only support a government based on Islam. "Somalia is a Muslim nation and its people are also Muslim, 100 percent," Sheikh Hassan Dahir Aweys told The Associated Press in a telephone interview from his home in central Somalia. "Therefore any government we agree on would be based on the holy Quran and the teachings of our Prophet Muhammad," he said.

Aweys, who is listed by the State Department as a suspected al-Qaida collaborator, was appointed leader of Somalia's Islamic militia Saturday, replacing a more moderate cleric.
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