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Islamic rebels patrol streets of Mogadishu
02 Jul 2009
Source: Reuters
 
Islamic rebels patrol the streets of Mogadishu July 2, 2009. Al Qaeda-linked fighters in Somalia's al Shabaab rebel group are battling to oust President Sheikh Sharif Ahmed, himself a former Islamist insurgent who joined a peace process last year. REUTERS/Mowliid Abdi (SOMALIA CONFLICT POLITICS RELIGION)
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Hard-line Somali Islamist insurgents from Hisbul Islaam take their positions in Tarabuunka, Mogadishu, July 23, 2009. Somalia's transitional government is hemmed into a few blocks of the capital Mogadishu by rebels ...




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