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allAfrica.com: Somalia: Government Forces Lose Key Positions in Heavy Battle (Page 1 of 1)

allAfrica.com: Somalia: Government Forces Lose Key Positions in Heavy Battle (Page 1 of 1): "A heavy fighting, which is believed to be one of the deadliest in Somalia's capital, stunned the forces of the fledging government forcing them to run away from key junctions in Mogadishu after they were overpowered by insurgents opposing the government.
The fighting raged through Howl wadag and Adan Ade intersections around Bakaraha Market where insurgents staged deadly attack on government forces who were there, according to eyewitnesses and residents in the area."

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