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 MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) - The Islamic militiamen holding most of southern Somalia deployed hundreds of fighters outside the base of the U.N.-backed interim government Wednesday and said they planned to seize it.
Seizing Baidoa would make the Islamic militia — which the United States has linked to al-Qaida — the uncontested authority over most of the country.
Neighboring Ethiopia said it was prepared to invade to defend the Somali government.
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