Somali Islamists Said to Be Regrouping

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Source: Associated Press

Somali Islamists Said to Be Regrouping

Thursday December 13, 2007 11:16 AM

By SALAD DUHUL

Associated Press Writer

MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) - Radical Islamists with
alleged links to al-Qaida have regrouped after being
driven from power last year and are poised to launch
a massive attack against the Somali government, an
official said Thursday.

Within hours, mortars slammed into the biggest market
in the capital, Mogadishu, killing at least 10 people.

“I saw the dead bodies of at least 10 people, and
10 others were rushed to the hospital,” said Muqtar
Nor, a Mogadishu resident. It marked the latest
bloodshed in a city that is enduring a seething
Islamic insurgency.

The government has “no power to resist the Islamists”
and is failing to control most of the country, said
Sheik Qasim Ibrahim Nur, director of security at the
National Security Ministry.

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