73 Killed in Clashes With Islamist Fighters
From Times Wire Reports
Three days of fighting between Islamist militia fighters and forces opposed to clerics’ growing power have left at least 73 people dead in Mogadishu.
Fundamentalist Islamic clerics portray themselves as an alternative to clan-based fiefdoms and the struggling transitional federal government.
But businessmen and warlords who formed an armed alliance last month call the clerics terrorists and accuse them of killing moderate Muslim intellectuals, scholars and former military officials.
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