Somali warlord surrenders
From CNN World News:
MOGADISHU, Somalia (Reuters) — One of Mogadishu's last holdout warlords surrendered to powerful Islamists after losing most of his territory in two days of fighting that killed more than 140 people, militia sources said on Tuesday.
"It has become necessary to surrender and give peace a chance," a militiaman loyal to warlord Abdi Awale Qaybdiid told Reuters.
Qaybdiid is the last of an alliance of U.S.-backed warlords who called themselves an anti-terrorism group. He kept fighting after the Islamists routed the other warlords and seized the Somali capital last month.
Not good. al-Qaeda has just gained control of a major trading hub along North Africa's east coast.