March 29, 2010
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MOGADISHU, Somalia — Hundreds of women and children are protesting in the streets of Somalia's capital against militants linked to al-Qaida.
The protesters marched Monday to protest that al-Shabab militants have been digging up of graves of clerics over the last week.
The protesters chanted "Down with al-Shabab" and carried banners, one of which read "Support Peace and Government."
Mohyadin Hassan Afrah, who heads Mogadishu's civil society umbrella group, says people are protesting against al-Shabab's actions and the influx foreign fighters to the country.
Fighters from such countries as Pakistan, Yemen and North Africa have traveled to Somalia to join the al-Qaida aligned group that seeks to overthrow the country's weak, U.N.-backed government.
Source: AP