http://dagblog.com/link/al-qaeda-finds-new-friends-8334 Comments for "Al-Qaeda finds new friends" en http://dagblog.com/comment/100191#comment-100191 <a id="comment-100191"></a> <p><em>In reply to <a href="http://dagblog.com/link/al-qaeda-finds-new-friends-8334">Al-Qaeda finds new friends</a></em></p> <div class="field field-name-comment-body field-type-text-long field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><blockquote><h1><strong><span style="font-size: small;">Somali rebel leader backs merger with Al-Shabaab</span></strong></h1><p class="author">Reuters, December 27, 2010</p><p>MOGADISHU: The leader of Somali rebel group Hizbul Islam said on Monday he backed the decision to join up with Al-Qaeda-linked insurgents Al-Shabaab in their bid to topple the Horn of Africa country’s besieged government.</p> <p>Hasan Dahir Aweys, who had previously criticized Al-Shabaab for supporting Osama Bin Laden, welcomed publicly for the first time the merger of the two rivals.</p><p>“I am very happy with the unification of Somalia’s Islamists,” Aweys told reporters in Afgoi, 30 km south of the war-ravaged capital Mogadishu....</p><p><a href="http://arabnews.com/world/article224450.ece">http://arabnews.com/world/article224450.ece</a></p></blockquote></div></div></div> Tue, 28 Dec 2010 06:39:37 +0000 artappraiser comment 100191 at http://dagblog.com