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Shabaab and rival Islamist group clash in central Somalia

Victory Caucus -- All Content found this 1/14/2009 on longwarjournal.org

Two commanders of the al Qaeda-backed As Shabaab were killed during heavy fighting with a government-supported Islamist militia in central Somalia. Shabaab leaders Mohamed Mohamed Salad and Mohamed Yusuf Nur were "martyred" in the town of Guriel during clashes with the pro-government Ahlu ...