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MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) - Suspected Islamic insurgents attacked Ethiopian soldiers in the Somali capital, residents said Thursday, raising fears of a return of the violence that bloodied Mogadishu earlier this year.
The fighting was the heaviest in the city since the government declared victory against Islamic insurgents in late April. The insurgents, along with clan militiamen, have been fighting government forces and their Ethiopian allies since they drove an Islamic movement from Mogadishu six months ago. Thousands of civilians have been killed and hundreds of thousands displaced.
Residents in northern Mogadishu said one of several attacks late Wednesday took place at a former pasta factory used as a base by Ethiopian troops who have remained in the country in support of its transitional government.
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