Published: 1 Nov 2006
By: Lucy Hannan
A troubling report from Somalia with a gruesome warning of the regional conflagration to come.
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It's the Jihad's next front - celebrated in a new Islamist video produced inside Somalia - now obtained by Channel 4 News.
Since radical Islamists took over the Somali capital in May - they've been condemned around the world for links to Al Qaida and terrorism.
Talks with the interim government have now stalled: the foreign minister warning today that war was 'more likely than not'.
The conflict's already sent tens of thousands of refugees fleeing the country - as we reported last week: that exodus could get far worse.
Militia from the Union of Islamic Courts have pressed on after their success in Mogadishu - expanding their influence westward toward the city of Baidoa where the "official" government resides.
Film-maker Lucy Hannan has covered the region extensively. She's returned to Somalia since the Islamist takeover - for a rare glimpse of life under the new regime. This is her exclusive report.
Source: www.channel4.com
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