Sheikh Sharif Ahmed, the former chairman of the al Qaeda-backed Islamic Courts and current chairman of the Alliance For the Re-Liberation of Somalia, rejected talks with the government. The US sought to "encourage the broadest possible engagement with forces that are not associated with terrorism." Two soldiers were killed in an ambush in the central Hiran province.
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