The United Nations has warned that wider conflict is likely in Somalia after militia groups loyal to Islamic courts achieved military victories over secular warlords who are believed to be backed by the United States. The African Union and Western nations are pushing ahead with plans to send foreign peacekeepers to Somalia. But rulers in the Somali capital of Mogadishu strongly object to foreign troops entering the country. Ali Khalif Galaydh was prime minister of Somaila from late 2000 until the end of 2001. He is now a visiting professor the Humphrey Institute at the University of Minnesota. I spoke with him earlier this afternoon.