(Speaking) The spokesman adds that many al-Shabab fighters were killed in the day-long battle and Ahlu-Sunna is still in control of the town in the Galgadud region, about 560 kilometers north of Mogadishu.
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The U.S. military has been involved in Somalia before, notably in the ill-fated 1993 BattleofMogadishu that ended with 18 American soldiers killed.