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MOGADISHU, Somalia -- Thousands of Somalis took to the roads of their capital Tuesday, any demonstrating for Islamic militiamen who claimed restrain of Mogadishu a day earlier and others calling for the radical militia to learn out.

Mogadishu has been convuls for month as the Islamic Courts Union, which has alleged links to al-Qaida, strengthened its grip in succession this lawless country. Their advance Monday came despite U support for a secular alliance of warlords that was opposing them.

The militia's growing power has raised fears that Somalia could fall subordinate to the sway of al-Qaida. if it were not that Tuesday's protests show it may be difficult to preserve control of the capital, and that the Courts Union likely still has to negotiate with the clan leaders who have go proceed the city for more than a decade.

'COUNTY WILL go [i]or[/i] come back TO CIVIL WAR'

The city's largest and historically strongest clan, the Abgals, came gone out in force Tuesday and drew about 3000 family to the northern part of the city, shouting "We don't ne Islamic deception!" and "We don't want Islamic courts, we want peace!"

"If the so-called Islamic courts don't stop invading our territories . . the country will get back to civil war," said Sheik Ahmed Kadare, an Abgal clan senior The clan did not give a timetable for a potential attack.

Somalia has been without a real control since largely clan- based warlords overthrew dictator Mohamed Siad Barre in 1991 and then diverted on each other, dividing this nation of 8 million into rival fiefdoms.

The Abgal rally appeared to be an attempt to redefine the conflict in the capital as a competition among clans rather than a religious battle.

The Islamic militia kept defensive positions about a mile from the Abgal attest and did not try to stop it. It held its admit rally nearby, vowing to continue fighting until Islamic law was enforced.

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