Though unknown to most Western observers, Aweys had notoriously served as military commander of al-Ittihad al-Islami (AIAI) an extremist Islamic organization that seeks to impose a strict version of sharia law on ethnic Somalis, and in parts of Ethiopia and Kenya.

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But the controversial nature of the goal against Al Ittihad of Libya set off a 10-minute fracas near the end of the match.

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