A Ugandan soldier serving with the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) reacts to incoming fire during a firefight 23 May 2012 in bushland west of Deynile towards the Afgoye Corridor, in an area north-west of the Somali capital Mogadishu. AMISOM and Somali National Army (SNA) forces continued for a second day to push out to the west of Mogadishu in a major offensive called 'Operation Free Shabelle' to liberate Afgoye Town and the 400,000 internally displaced people living there, from the control of the Al Qaeda-affiliated extremist group Al Shabaab.
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A Ugandan soldier serving with the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) stands 23 May 2012 as a battle group prepares to cross bushland west of Deynile towards the Afgoye Corridor, in an area north-west of the Somali capital Mogadishu.
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Ugandan soldiers serving with the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) walk through thicket 23 May 2012 as a battle group crosses bushland west of Deynile towards the Afgoye Corridor, in an area north-west of the Somali capital Mogadishu.
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Colonel Kayanja Muhanga (left) commander of Ugandan Battle Group 8 serving with the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) directs his forces during a firefight 23 May 2012 as his battle group crosses bushland west of Deynile towards the Afgoye Corridor, in an area north-west of the Somali capital Mogadishu.
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A Ugandan soldier serving with the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) takes up a firing position during a firefight 23 May 2012 as a battle group crosses bushland west of Deynile towards the Afgoye Corridor, in an area north-west of the Somali capital Mogadishu.
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Ugandan soldiers serving with the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) and Somali National Army (SNA) troops walk behinfd an armoured personnel carrier 23 May 2012 as a battle group crosses bushland west of Deynile towards the Afgoye Corridor, in an area north-west of the Somali capital Mogadishu.
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Ugandan soldiers serving with the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) walk through thicket ahead of heavy rain 23 May 2012 as a battle group crosses bushland west of Deynile towards the Afgoye Corridor, in an area north-west of the Somali capital Mogadishu.
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A Ugandan soldier serving with the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) gestures as 23 May 2012 as a battle group crosses bushland west of Deynile towards the Afgoye Corridor, in an area north-west of the Somali capital Mogadishu.
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Ugandan soldiers serving with the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) walk through thicket 23 May 2012 as a battle group crosses bushland west of Deynile towards the Afgoye Corridor, in an area north-west of the Somali capital Mogadishu.
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