First UN Contact with Somali's Islamists!

A UN security team of two members teamed towards Mogadishu for first contact with Somali's Islamists. UN chief security adviser for Somalia Joe Gordon met Sheikh Sheriff Sheikh Ahmed, one of the Islamist leaders and observed the situation in the capital which is put in heavy security by the new control of the Islamist militias.

Meanwhile Sheikh Hassan Dahir commented on a statement attributed to Osama bin Laden which contains a warning to the West not to interfere in Somalia, in which Dahir said it had nothing to do with the Union of Islamic Courts.

Under fighting and destructive atmosphere of violence most aid workers have pulled out of Mogadishu. A Swedish journalist was shot dead at a rally in the city last month BBC said.