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Aideed and RRA battle for Baidoa airstrip

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    The death of four of Hussein Aideed's militiamen in a landmine explosion on Sunday afternoon brought the death toll to at least 22, with dozens more wounded, in weekend fighting around the south-central town of Baidoa between Hussein's forces and the Rahanwein Resistance Army (RRA), media sources reported. Most of the fighting was around Baidoa airstrip and the village of Eldon, five miles south of the town, with Aideed trying to dislodge RRA positions.

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