after 2001, the united states of america became very suspicious of both the sharia courts and the islamic union of being terrorists. warlords made a group called the alliance for the restoration of peace and counter-terrorism. the sharia courts banded together to protect themselves and created the islamic courts union. people liked the sharia courts and hated the gangsters, so everyone helped the islamic courts union, who defeated the gangsters and drove them out of mogadishu in 2006. the islamic courts union then formed an army and took over most of southern somalia.