Somali Opposition: We'll Fight UN

— Somalia's new opposition leader said Friday his supporters could take up arms against U.N. peacekeepers if they deploy in the lawless country and side with the country's weak government. Sheik Hassan Dahir Aweys, who took over leadership of Somalia's exiled opposition movement this week, is suspected by the U.S. of collaborating with al-qaeda. He denies any terror links. "Fighting U.N. peacekeepers depends on how they behave in Somalia," Aweys told The Associated Press in a telephone interview from Eritrea, where the opposition leadership is based. He said his fighters will battle any U.N. force that supports the government or the Ethiopian troops who are there propping up the fragile administration. The U.N. Security Council has said it would consider deploying U.N. peacekeepers to replace African Union troops, if there is... [read full story]