Al Qaeda leader Sheikh Hassan Dahir Aweys has taken control of the Alliance for the Re-Liberation of Somalia. Five children were among those killed during fighting in Mogadishu. Ethiopian troops have re-entered Beledweyne. Somali and Ethiopian forces have set up bases in the Lower Shabellle region while the Islamic Courts controls Johwar, the provincial capital.
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