Al Shabaab says the offensive has not diminished its ability to strike across the southern central region to cut off supply routes. Here: Al Shabaab spokesman addresses the media next to what they say are the bodies of 76 Burundian peacekeepers from the African Union Mission to Somalia killed during heavy fighting in Daynile district, south of Mogadishu October 20, 2011. (Photo by Feisal Omar/Reuters)
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