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Residents Flee Somali Capital | |
2009-05-24 | |
When the fighting eased Saturday morning, many people began leaving Mogadishu. An estimated 49,000 residents of the capital had already been displaced. More than 150 people have been killed since the militants launched an offensive against Somalia's U.N.-backed government earlier this month. The government offensive Friday was intended to drive hardline Islamists from their strongholds in the capital. | |
Posted by:Steve White |