World Digest: Islamists in Somalia Capture Another Key Town - washingtonpost.com: "Hard-line Somali Islamist fighters captured another town Monday after a pro-government militia abandoned it, officials and residents said.
Mahaday, 70 miles north of the capital, Mogadishu, was the second major town to fall to the Islamists in as many days, winning them territory near a key route linking government troops in the capital with allied militias in central Somalia.
An Islamist offensive launched this month has left more than 100 people dead in Mogadishu and raised fears that al-Qaeda-linked insurgents could overthrow the U.N.-backed government, giving terrorists a safe haven on the Horn of Africa and imperiling anti-piracy efforts."
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