Somalia Islamic Insurgents

Somali Islamic Militants Ban Music On Airwaves

AP | MOHAMED OLAD HASSAN and MOHAMED SHEIKH NOR | Posted 05.25.2011

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MOGADISHU, Somalia — Rock, rap and love songs once filled the airwaves in Somalia's war-torn capital, one of the few pleasures residents had. Bu...

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Somali Militants Capture Strategic Town, Setback To Unstable Government

BBC | Posted 05.25.2011

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Hardline Islamist militants have captured a strategically important town north of the Somali capital, Mogadishu, eyewitnesses say....

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Somali President Ahmed Enacts Islamic Sharia Law; Insurgency Continues

Voice Of America | Posted 05.25.2011

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As Islamist insurgents continued an assault on government forces in Mogadishu, President Sharif Sheikh Ahmed signed a bill late Wednesday enacting Isl...

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Somali Insurgents Vow To Topple Government

AP | MOHAMED SHEIKH NOR | Posted 05.25.2011

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MOGADISHU, Somalia — Pro-government militias and Islamic insurgents battled in Somalia's capital Wednesday for a fourth day, as an insurgent lea...

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Looking Beyond Somalia's Pirates And Into Kenya's Refugee Camps (SLIDESHOW)

International Rescue Committee/HuffPost Contributor | Joanne Offer | Posted 05.25.2011

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I'm going to hazard a guess. If I mention Somalia, you'll think of warlords and pirates. Because that's what the media headlines have highlighted. Wha...

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Somali Insurgents Vow To Keep Fighting Until Islamic Law Rules

AP | MOHAMED OLAD HASSAN | Posted 05.25.2011

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MOGADISHU, Somalia — A powerful insurgent group poised to take over Somalia said Wednesday it will fight until the country is ruled by Islamic l...

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