Islamic Courts Union
Guide Note:Islamic Courts Union The Islamic Courts Union (ICU) was an alliance of Sharia courts that formed in opposition to the government of Somalia. The courts began forming after the collapse of the government in 1991 and began consolidating power in 1999. The group was considered by many, including the US government to have ties to Al Qaeda, but they denied such links in their Statement to the UN and World Community. The hold that the ICU maintained over much of Somalia was broken in a war with Ethiopia in 2006-2007
Fast Facts:
- Coalition of clan-based Islamic courts
- Provided legal order after the Somali Civil War
- Controlled most of Somalia prior to war with Ethiopia in 2006
- ICU leaders resigned in anticipation of the December 27, 2006 siege of Mogadishu by Ethiopian-backed Somali troops
- In January 2007, the ICU reformed itself into Al-Shabaab, also known as the Popular Resistance Movement in the Land of the Two Migrations
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- Wikipedia: Islamic Courts Union
- Axis of Logic: ICU Letter to the UN June 2006 (June 7, 2006)
- The Independent: Somalia: The World's Forgotten Catastrophe (February 9, 2008)
- BBC News: Quick Guide to Somalia's Islamists (December 28, 2006)
- International Crisis Group: Somalia's Islamists (December 12, 2005)
- Long War Journal: In Pictures The Islamic Court Leaders (January 20, 2008)
- Video: ICU Sheikh Explaining the Group and It's Goals on Al Jazeera English
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- 1991: Militias carry out a coup against the current Somalia government, initiating a civil war
- 1992: UN peacekeeping force arrives to provide order and relief supplies
- 1995: UN peacekeepers leave without accomplishing their mission
- 2000: Somali clan leaders choose a new president, Gelaydh, of Somalia in Djibouti
- 2001: Somali clan leaders, backed by Ethiopia, create a Somali government in opposition to the Gelaydh government
- 2004: Transitional Federal Government (TFG) of Somalia is created in Kenya
- 2005: TFG returns to Somalia and is mired in inter-Parliamentary infighting
- 2006: ICU takes control of Mogadishu and most of Somalia in June
- 2006: US-backed Ethiopian military invades Somalia and pushes ICU out of power in December
- 2007: ICU reforms as Al-Shabaab
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