Somali rivals in deadly clashes

At least 25 people have been killed in fighting between two armed opposition groups in central Somalia, witnesses said.Fighters from the al-Shabaab movement clashed with members of the Ahlu Sunna Wal-jama'ah in Guriel, about 500km northeast of the capital Mogadishu on Sunday.
Al-Shabaab lost control of Guriel last month and a local militia commander told the Associated Press news agency that they had failed to retake it. "We killed dozens of the attackers, including their commander, we have also seized most of their weapons that they abandoned in fear," Sheikh Abdullahi Abu Yusuf, the spokesman for Ahlu Sunna Wal-jama'ah, said. more..http://english.aljazeera.net/news/africa/2009/01/2009111171527741301.html