Somalis against Al-Qaeda militants

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MOGADISHU, Somalia: Hundreds of women and children are protesting in the streets of Somalia’s capital against militants linked to Al-Qaeda.

The protesters marched Monday to protest that Al-Shabab insurgents have been digging up of graves of clerics over the last week.

The protesters chanted "Down with Al-Shabab" and carried banners, one of which read "Support Peace and Government."

Mohyadin Hassan Afrah, who heads Mogadishu’s civil society umbrella group, says people are protesting against Al-Shabab’s actions and the influx foreign fighters to the country.

Fighters from such countries as Pakistan, Yemen and North Africa have traveled to Somalia to join the Al-Qaeda aligned group that seeks to overthrow the country’s weak, UN-backed government.

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