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Somalia goverment againts Islamist fighters killed 43 people.

Posted by ben_young74 On March - 11 - 2010

Militants attacking from the north on Wednesday reached to within a mile (2 kilometers) of the presidential place in the heart of the capital, Mogadishu

The battle between Islamist fighters and Somali government forces has murdered around 43 persons in the Somalia’s capital between Tuesday to Thursday. The government has been undertaking an attack against the insurgents for weeks and battling has lately expanded after two months lull. The Islamist fighters is battling the government but also has fight against another Islamist group called al-Shabab. The U.S. State Department saysal-Shabab has connections to al-Qaida. The failed state of Somalia has not had a functioning government for a generation. It disintegrated into clan warfare after socialist dictator Mohamed Siad Barre was overthrown in 1991. The newest battling is between a feeble U.N.-backed government and an coalition of Islamist forces, but clan loyalties are still a key of leverage on the conflict.

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