The Green Revolution

Mohamed I. Farah

Uppsala, Sweden

I wish in your reporting on the crisis in Somalia that you would point out that the frequent rallies in Mogadishu are not spontaneous but orchestrated by the Islamic courts. Just like in Iran or the Saddam-era Iraq, these demonstrations are nothing more than propaganda for international news reporters. It's also the case that no news outlet is reporting that Mogadishu is, and has been for the last 10 years, controlled mostly by one clan, the Hawiye. When the civil war broke out, the Hawiye killed or chased out the other clans. So, whatever the Islamic Courts Union (ICU) says they represent, they really only represent one clan in a diverse country. The Transnational Federal Government, which you pointed out rules only the bush town of Baidoa, is the only representative body that includes all Somali clans.

Mahad Adagee

via internet

Taking On Hizbullah