Somali Islamic leader orders holy war against Ethiopia

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.

Sheikh Hassan Dahir Aweys, in a radio broadcast, said Ethiopia deployed troops to the government’s base in Baidoa, 150 miles north-west of Mogadishu, to bolster what he described as a puppet regime.