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Defeat of the Islamic Courts: pop is back on the radio and clan war is back on the streets

From Steve Bloomfield in Nairobi

AS the Islamic Courts fled the town of Jowhar, 50 miles northwest of Mogadishu, late last week, the DJs on Radio Jowhar did something they had not been able to do for six months: they played Western pop.