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NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) - Somalia's interim prime minister called on the United Nations to partially lift an arms embargo on his country to allow for the deployment of African peacekeepers, which he said are necessary to stop the advance of Islamic radicals.
Somalia Prime Minister Ali Mohamed Gedi told the Associated Press in an interview in neighboring Kenya that al-Qaida terrorists dominate an Islamic movement which has taken control of most of southern Somalia. He urged the international community to "act very soon."
The United Nations Security Council was expected to meet in New York on Monday to discuss a partial lifting of an arms embargo that has been in place on Somalia since 1992. The African Union has endorsed a plan by eastern African states to deploy peacekeepers in Somalia to protect Gedi's weak, internationally recognized government.
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