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Islamist Rebels Advance on Pirate Stronghold in Somalia Islamist rebels from the al Qaeda-linked militia al-Shabaab, considered a terrorist organization by the United States, marched toward Harardhere, Somalia, on Sunday. Al-Shabaab advanced on Harardhere, a pirate stronghold on the coast, presumably to enact revenge for the capture of a boat filled with supplies intended for the militia. Al-Shabaab controls much of southern Somalia, including the capital, Mogadishu, and is working to destroy the country's United Nations-backed transitional government. The pirates had stopped paying bribes to the group. CNN's source, an anonymous journalist, said that the "pirates appeared to be retreating from Harardhere to the port town of Hobyo, Somalia with their captured ships," but the European Union naval force, which patrols the waters off of Somalia's coast, had no information. On the same day, the rebels clashed with government forces in Mogadishu in a fight that left 10 dead and 40 more wounded. Read original story in CNN | Monday, April 26, 2010
