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Al Qaeda-allied suicide team blasts UN compound in Mogadishu

Al Shabab fighters launch one of worst attacks since being largely driven out of the Somali capitol two years ago. 'We knew it was dangerous here,' says UN spokesman in country. 

By Correspondent / June 19, 2013

Farah Abdi Warsameh/AP

Al Qaeda’s allies in Somalia rammed a truck full of explosives into a major United Nations base in Mogadishu today, then fought their way into the compound in what became a 90 minute gun battle.