In ongoing clashes that started Tuesday in Somalia, Islamist rebels Al-Shabaab battled troops from the African Union's peacekeeping force, African Union Mission to Somalia (AMISOM). On Sunday, Al-Shabaab attacked Burundi troops with suicide bombers at an AMISOM base in Mogadishu . 11 troops were killed and 15 wounded. Xuddur , the capital of Bakool , is reported to have fallen under Al-Shabaab control. Political map of Somalia as of February 3, 2009. "Al-Shabaab fighters are now patrolling the town and the other group fled," local elder Hussein Abdi Isak told Reuters in a phone interview. "At the time the commitment was made to go to Somalia, what was on ground was peacekeeping," Foreign Minister Ojo Maduekwe said. "But the situation in Somalia has deteriorated considerably. We are not in a hurry to start getting the body bags to this country."
In ongoing clashes that started Tuesday in Somalia, Islamist rebels battled troops from the African Union's peacekeeping force, (AMISOM). On Sunday, Al-Shabaab attacked Burundi troops with suicide bombers at an AMISOM base in . 11 troops were killed and 15 wounded. , the capital of , is reported to have fallen under Al-Shabaab control. Political map of Somalia as of February 3, 2009. "Al-Shabaab fighters are now patrolling the town and the other group fled," local elder Hussein Abdi Isak told in a phone interview. "At the time the commitment was made to go to Somalia, what was on ground was peacekeeping," Foreign Minister said. "But the situation in Somalia has deteriorated considerably. We are not in a hurry to start getting the body bags to this country."
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