Government Forces Lay Claim to Mogadishu

Somali government soldiers gather around the dead body of a fellow government soldier, who was killed during brief exchange of gunfire with Islamist insurgents Al Shabaab in Mogadishu, August, 7, 2011.
Farah Abdi Warsameh / AP

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Somali government soldiers gather around the body of a fellow soldier, who was killed during an exchange of gunfire with al-Shabab fighters in Mogadishu on Aug. 7, 2011.

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