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Government troops battle from house to house against Alshabab militants in Mogadishu, Somalia on 11 March 2009.
Wednesday, Mar. 24, 2010

Open quoteThey are like rabid dogs.Close quote

  • DAHIR MOHAMED,
  • a Somali shopkeeper, on al-Shabab, one of Africa's most fearsome militant Islamist groups, against which Mogadishu's population is slowly starting to turn
Photo: EPA/BADRI MEDIA | Source: NYT