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 MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) - About 10,000 opponents of Somalia's transitional government and its proposal for foreign peacekeepers demonstrated Friday in the capital, which is controlled by an Islamic militia accused by the United States of harboring wanted al-Qaida members.
It was the second public protest in as many days against the transitional parliament's Wednesday vote supporting the deployment of Ugandan and Sudanese peacekeepers to help the government establish stability and authority.
The proposal was limited to Uganda and Sudan to allay fears troops from traditional rival Ethiopia would be included. But many Somalis believe any foreign troop mission could be an opening for Ethiopia, seen as an ally of transitional President Abdullahi Yusuf.
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