17 Suspects Caught in Mogadishu Raid
<i> Associated Press</i>
MOGADISHU, Somalia —
U.S. Army Rangers captured 17 suspected fighters for fugitive warlord Mohammed Farah Aidid during a raid on a walled compound Tuesday.
About 50 of the elite soldiers stormed a dozen buildings and traded gunfire with Somali guards.
Two unidentified Rangers suffered superficial wounds in the airborne assault and were treated and released from military hospitals.
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