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Al Jazeera; the Pan-Arab Television Network reports:

At least five people have been killed on the edge of the Somali capital after Islamist gunmen attacked two positions held by fighters loyal to a regional commander, militia sources said. In addition to the deaths on Tuesday, at least six people were wounded in the battles, the first clashes around the city since Islamists seized control of Mogadishu this month from a regional commanders alliance thought to be backed by the United States, the sources said. The regional commander whose positions at Lafole village just south of Mogadishu were seized in the fighting, Abdi Hassan Qeybdid, said: “Two of the dead are members of the Somali police and the other three are civilians.”

Like millions of Somalis both in and outside the country, I am glad to hear Qaybdiid-the murderer got the boot on his bottom!

Click here to view the full news dispatch by Al Jazeera. You also like to click here to view a time-line of the Somali conflict by Al Jazeera.

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