Witnesses say 2 killed in Somalia gunbattle

Monday, January 29, 2007

MOGADISHU, Somalia -- Gunmen attacked police in northern Mogadishu Sunday, leading to an hourlong battle that left two dead and further demonstrated the U.S.-backed government's feeble grip on power here, witnesses said.

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