Somalia on the brink of all-out war as minister is shot dead
By Rob Crilly

The murder of a political heavyweight has stirred fears that the country may turn into an al-Qaeda haven
 

THE interim Government of Somalia was teetering on the brink of collapse yesterday after the assassination of a Cabinet minister as he left Friday prayers.
Witnesses said that Abdallah Isaaq Deerow, the Minister for Constitutional and Federal Affairs, was shot several times in the chest as he left a mosque in the government seat of Baidoa, about 150 miles (240km) from Mogadishu.
 
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