An Islamic fighter prepares to fire in a street littered with spent bullet casings during clashes with government soldiers in Mogadishu, Somalia, on Friday. (Mohamed Sheikh Nor/Associated Press)Fighting Explodes In Somalia's Capital -- Washington Times
Government forces try to dislodge Islamists
MOGADISHU, Somalia | Hundreds of government soldiers attacked Islamist insurgents across the Somali capital amid heavy artillery shelling Friday, battling along streets strewn with bodies as they tried to regain lost ground.
The U.N.-backed government, which held just a few blocks of Mogadishu before the fighting erupted early in the day, claimed it had taken rebel-controlled areas, but the insurgents said they repelled the attacks.
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