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Somalia: Somalia's hardline Islamist takes over Somalia's opposition Wed. July 23, 2008 04:28 am.- By Bonny Apunyu. - (SomaliNet) Somalia's hardline Islamist Sheikh Hassan Dahir Aweys has taken charge of the exiled opposition in Eritrea from its moderate chairman who attended U.N.-brokered peace talks last month, he said on Tuesday. "Now I Sheikh Hassan Dahir Aweys am the chairman of the executive committee as well as the general head," Sheikh Dahir Aweys, who is on U.S. and U.N. lists of al Qaeda associates, told Reuters by phone. The Somlai Islamist takes over as head of the Alliance for the Re-Liberation of Somalia (ARS) from the moderate Sheikh Sharif Ahmed. "Sheikh Sharif was replaced because he and his group hated and left the Somali Re-Liberation group in Asmara," he said. Somalia's interim government and some members of the ARS signed a deal in Djibouti last month calling for the deployment of U.N. peacekeepers and agreeing to a ceasefire after a month. The hardline Islamist and other hardline Islamists rejected the pact. –Reuters News Category: Somalia Latest Headlines Latest News Egypt: 10 people killed in motor accident in Egypt Sudan: 8 Darfur rebels sentenced to death Egypt: 14 Muslim Brotherhood members detained Somalia: WFP employee killed in southern Somalia Zimbabwe: President Mugabe rejects Opposition’s Pri... Russia: Gov’t prepares to start Georgia pullout Pakistan: President Musharraf announces resignation Afghanistan: Car suicide bomber kills 9 civilians in ... Uganda: LRA chief asks for another chance for p... Afghanistan: 30 Taliban fighters killed in separate ... More News...