"Fighting has started here. We are on the outskirts of Jilib," lawmaker Abdirashid Hidig told Reuters by phone.
Source: Reuters, Dec 31, 2006
Fighting breaks out at Somali Islamists' front line
KISMAYU, Somalia, Dec 31 (Reuters) - Ethiopian and Somali government troops clashed with Islamist forces on Sunday at the town of Jilib, where the Islamists have dug in after retreating from the capital Mogadishu, a Somali legislator said.
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