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The corpses of two Somalian soldiers were dragged through the streets of Mogadishu on March 21 after at least seven government troops died in fighting with insurgents.

The dragging of the bodies recalls similar grisly incidents during the failed U.S./U.N. Somalian intervention in 1993, clearly indicating that Islamist holdouts are still waging war against Somalia's transitional government.

The latest insurgent attacks are believed to be retribution for a March 20 raid on the home of the political leader of the Eyr subclan, to which Sheikh Hassan Dahir Aweys and Adan Hashi Ayro belong. The two fugitives formerly were leaders of the Supreme Islamic Courts Council (SICC), a movement specifically disinvited from playing a role in Somalia's reconciliation process.

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