Monday, February 2, 2009

Somalia's new president (hearts) America

The new president of Somalia, the moderate Islamist cleric Sheik Sharif Ahmed, has been in the job barely two days but already he looks like an old pro at the delicate game of diplomacy.
There he was on Sunday, in an interview with an Egyptian newspaper, praising the U.S. role in Somalia.
"One can say that the U.S. position towards Somalia has become honest," Ahmed, a former schoolteacher, told the El Shourouk newspaper. "We think that the American view of Somalia is now positive."..more..http://news.yahoo.com/s/mcb_nairobi/20090202/wl_mcb_nairobi/nairobi200902somaliasnewpresidentheartsamericahtml

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