guest_writer 0 2006-07-11T00:00:00Z On June 5, militia aligned with the Islamic Courts Union (ICU) declared victory in their struggle to control Mogadishu, capital of the east African country of Somalia. The militia had routed the grossly misnamed Alliance for the Restoration of Peace and Counterterrorism (ARPCT) — a coalition of US-backed warlords who had put a halt to their near-ceaseless internecine fighting in a failed effo... Rohan 33250 false false false false 2006-07-11T00:00:00Z Pearce 10556 3587 0 1 Somalia and Washington somalia-washingtons-warlords-lose-out-by-rohan-pearce Somalia: Washington's Warlords Lose Out 2009-09-24T23:43:53Z 11495