Veiled Somali women brandish their weapons during a protest rally against a U.S. draft Security Council resolution plan in Mogadishu, in this November 28, 2006 file photo. Despite a U.N. arms embargo on Somalia, the Horn of Africa nation is awash with weaponry from all over the world that has fuelled one of Africa's longest-running conflicts. In the latest cycle of civil war, militant Islamists have been fighting the Somali government for the last two years and 18,000 civilians have been killed in the crossfire. Weapons are captured, sold and recycled constantly between both sides, experts say. Many arms have come from Ethiopian soldiers who intervened in Somalia between 2006 and early 2009. REUTERS/Shabelle Media/Files (SOMALIA CONFLICT)
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