MOGADISHU — Islamist insurgents battled government forces in western Somalia and at least 17 people, mainly combatants, were killed, elders said Monday, as both sides claimed victory.
The fighting broke out late Sunday when fighters from the Shebab, an Al Qaeda-inspired group that controls much of southern Somalia, attacked government forces in the town of Yet on the border with Ethiopia.
"We are getting that 17 people, mainly combatants, died in the fighting and some vehicles were destroyed," Ali Moalim Kerow, an elder in the nearby town of Rabdhure, told AFP.http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5jKS-VuL_OWwX3A9fXlIPKAjcCFLw
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