Shabaab's information minister in Kismayo welcomed Osama bin Laden's call to overthrow the new government and said Shabaab will maintain links with al Qaeda. Hawiye clan leaders, prominent clerics, and the government's information minister rejected the call for more foreign troops to be deployed in Somalia. The government denied reports that soldiers surrendered to Shabaab.
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