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Fighting Kills At Least 3 in Mogadishu

   VOA News   24 June 2010
   Islamist  insurgent  fighters  during  clashes  with Somali government
   soldiers  in southern Mogadishu's Wardhigley neighborhood, Somalia, 24
   June 2010

Photo: AP

   Islamist  insurgent  fighters  during  clashes  with Somali government
   soldiers  in southern Mogadishu's Wardhigley neighborhood, Somalia, 24
   June 2010

   New fighting in Somalia's capital has killed at least three people and
   wounded at least 20 others.
   A  local  journalist tells VOA's Somali service that government forces
   attacked Islamist insurgents in parts of Mogadishu early Thursday.
   The  fighting  was centered in the Bakara market, a longtime insurgent
   stronghold, and the city's Howlwadaag District.
   Government  forces  are reported to have captured an insurgent base in
   Howlwadaag.
   The  Somali  government  controls  only small parts of Mogadishu after
   more than three years of fighting with Islamist militants.
   The  groups  al-Shabab  and  Hizbul  Islam  are  trying  to topple the
   government and turn Somalia into a strict Islamic state.

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