Shabaab has proclaimed its allegiance to Osama bin Laden in a video entitled "At your service, Osama" distributed in Mogadishu, where a public screening was also organized. In the video appears Abu Mansour al Amriki, an American citizen in charge of military training for Shabaab. Six civilians were killed in Mogadishu after insurgents and government forces battled. The Ethiopian Ogaden National Liberation Front (ONLF) denied it is helping Shabaab.
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