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WARSOW, Somalia (AP) - For years, this str
etch of sand and brush has been little more than pasture for nomads' cattle and sheep. It is now a battleground, as Somali troops backed by Ethiopian forces flush out Islamic militants, and the U.S. hunts for al-Qaida. Nomads say herdsmen have been caught in the crossfire. Eight dead men were still unburied Tuesday after an airstrike on Jan. 8. All were Muslim and normally would be buried immediately after their deaths, but the nomads in this remote southern Somali region say they are afraid to even approach the bodies.
"We fear that the planes that fly over the bodies all the time will bomb us if we try to bury them," said Haji Abdi Duhul, 67, who said he was only 250 yards away when the site was hit Jan. 8.
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