Somalia’s most powerful politician today offered the country’s Islamic movement a role in government, but said it must pull back its militia to avert a looming war.

THE supreme leader of Somalia’s powerful Islamist movement has purportedly authorised suicide attacks against “prominent” targets in Kenya and Ethiopia, the United States said.

The leader of Somalia’s Islamic fighters called on all Somalis to wage holy war against Ethiopia today, a day after Ethiopian troops rolled into Somalia to protect the weak UN-backed government the Islamic group has challenged for power.

A FUNDAMENTALIST Muslim whom the US suspects of collaborating with al-Qaida terrorists has been named as the new leader of an Islamic militia that has seized control of Somalia’s capital.