 The guns of Mogadishu are seldom silent. Since Somalia's last functioning government fell in 1991, the sound of militiamen clearing their weapons by firing into the air has become as common as the muezzin's call to prayer. This year, however, the bullets' trajectories have been horizontal rather than vertical. More than 300 people mostly civilians, including women & children have been killed during battles raged across the city. More than 100 have died during the past week alone. Militiamen have taken over the hospital run by the Red Cross. The fledgling government is stuck in Baidoa, a town to the east of the capital, powerless to intervene. It is the sort of scenario that normally acts like a magnet for foreign correspondents. Jet into the city, interview a few combatants, nip into the hospital see a few wounded civilians, & you have a colourful piece ready to run alongside a picture of teen brandishing an AK-47. In this story, there is even the added spice of clandestine CIA ...
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