Yesterday I blogged about how killing Moalim Aden Hashi Ayrow, one of the commanders of Somalia's al-Shabab rebel movement by US cruise missle attack, would have several bad consequences.  One I didn't even touch on however, as it had little chance of success to begin with, is the peace talks scheduled with the Alliance for the Reliberation of Somalia, a moderate, Islamist-aligned group of ex-SICC officials and ex-TFG parliamentarians opposed to the Ethiopian occupation of Somalia.

Well, as I touched on before, the manner in which Moalim Aden Hashi Ayrow has been killed has transformed him into a national and islamist hero, the Somali Che Guevera.  The reaction amongst even moderate Somalis has been one of anger, and it's killing the peace process.  The leader of the ARS, the most moderate and pro-negotiations islamist in Somalia, Sharif Sheikh Ahmad, is being pressured to cancel peace talks in Djibouti.

http://www.pr-inside.com/pro-islamist-somali-alliance-may-withdraw-r569636.htm