Somali Diplomat to Speak in Seattle Wednesday

WHAT:

Mr. Koshin Mohamed, Seattle resident has been asked by Somali President Abdullahi Yusuf to serve as Somalia’s new ambassador to the United States, pending formal U.S. recognition of his government. The continuing success of Somali troops of the Transitional Government of Somali, aided by Ethiopia and, indirectly, the U.S., in defeating the Islamic Court government of Islamic radicals has a Seattle area dimension that has not been noticed until now: the leading U.S. representative of the now-successful government, Koshin Mohamed, is a resident of Seattle, where he attended the University of Washington and owns a financial services firm.

WHEN:

Wednesday, January 3, 2007, 11:00 A.M.

WHERE:

Discovery Institute office, 1511 Third Ave., 8th Floor, Seattle, WA 98102

WHO:

Koshin Mohamed, whose efforts for the Transitional Government of Somalia have been encouraged by several Seattle-area and national figures, will answer questions about the current reality in Somalia, the danger of terrorism there and elsewhere—and the attempted assault on him over the New Year’s holiday in Seattle.

Bruce Chapman, president of Discovery Institute and a former U.S. Ambassador (to the United Nations organizations in Vienna) will introduce Ambassador-designate Mohamed.