Supporter Of Islamic State Installed In Somalia

The New York Times reports this morning that in Somalia, Sheik Hassan Dahir Aweys has been appointed the leader of the 88-member Council of the Islamic Courts, the newly formed governing body formed after Islamists ousted governing warlords earlier this month. (See prior posting.) Aweys has been a supporter of making Somalia an Islamic state. In the past he has told followers that God would forgive them for spilling the blood of foreign peacekeepers in the country. He has also said Somalis who hand over their countrymen to American for cash are guilty of "selling us to the Jews."