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VEHEMENT BATTLING IN PUNTLAND
KUWAIT, AUG 2 (KUNA) -- VEHEMET BATTLING ERUPTED IN SOMALIA'S NORTHEAST
PUNTLAND STATE BETWEEN MILITIA LOYAL TO GOVERNOR COLONEL ABDULLAH YUSUF AHMED
AND FORCES LOYAL TO TOPPLED PRESIDENT JAMA ALI JAMA.
THE BBC RADIO, PICKED HERE, QUOTED FRIDAY NIGHT SUPPORTERS OF COLONEL
ABDULLAH AS SAYING THAT THEY STORMED A NUMBER OF BARRICADES ERECTED CLOSE TO
THE COASTAL CITY OF BOSSASO AND KILLED MANY SUPPORTERS OF TOPPLED PRESIDENT
JAMA, AND ARRESTED FIFTY OTHERS BUT ADMITTED THAT TWO OF THEIR MEN WERE
KILLED.
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