Dinah has long advised her loyal possums that al Shabab is fast gaining the upper hand in Somalia. Well, it looks like someone over at the The Telegraph has finally woken up to that fact, too.
Radical Islamists linked to al Qaeda set to take over Somalia.
Fears are growing it could become a new al-Qaeda stronghold two years after a failed US-backed Ethiopian invasion.
The country's weak transitional government, its 14th in 17 years, looks likely to fall once Ethiopian troops pull out at the end of December after failing to stamp out a growing Islamist insurgency.
The Ethiopians are the last line of defence against a total takeover by a radical Islamist group linked to Osama bin Laden's terror organisation.
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Al Shebab, the fanatical armed wing which broke from the Islamic Courts Union which ran Somalia for the second half of 2006, now holds more than 80 per cent of the country – more territory than the Courts controlled during their reign.
You can read the rest of the article here if you like, but in true Telegraph style it just pretty much consists of think tank 'experts' blaming the United States and the evil George Boosh for the whole mess.
Meanwhile back in Somalia, Muslims terrorized a Livestock Market in Mogadishu killing 11.
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