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Somali soldiers on patrol in Mogadishu in 2007. Clashes in and around the Somali capital...
Five killed in Somali clashes: witnesses
Tue Jul 22, 11:56 AM ET
Two rebels and a soldier were killed in fighting in Afgoye township, west of Mogadishu, said elder Hassan Mohamed Keli.
Two more soldiers were killed when insurgents attacked them in northern Mogadishu's Yakshid district, witnesses said.
"The two soldiers were killed by three men armed with pistols as they were walking to their station," said one resident Mohamed Ayanle.
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