Somalia government soldiers backed by the AU forces, in the south of Mogadishu, Somalia,

Islamic Party fighters travel on a pickup van after an exercise in Afgoye, south of Mogadishu, Thursday, Oct. 1, 2009. Fighting between rival Islamist factions over control of a key Somali port city killed at least five people on Thursday, residents and medical staff said, in the first concrete sign of a major split in the Islamist alliance threatening the fragile U.N.-backed government.

Islamic Party fighters participate in an exercise in Afgoye, south of Mogadishu, Thursday, Oct. 1, 2009. Fighting between rival Islamist factions over control of a key Somali port city killed at least five people on Thursday, residents and medical staff said, in the first concrete sign of a major split in the Islamist alliance threatening the fragile U.N.-backed government.

A wounded man is assisted by residents after he was injured during fighting between Somalia Government soldiers and Islamic insurgents in the Hodan district Mogadishu, Somalia, Saturday, Oct. 3, 2009.

A Somali man is taken into hospital after he was wounded during skirmishes between the Islamic insurgents and Somalia government soldiers, in the south of Mogadishu, Somalia, Tuesday, Oct. 6, 2009.

A Somali Islamic fighter cleans his rifle near the front line in south Mogadishu, Monday, Oct. 19, 2009.

A Somali man rests on his leg prosthesis as he waits for medical help after he was wounded during shelling between the Islamic insurgents and Somalia government soldiers backed by the AU forces, in the south of Mogadishu, Somalia, Thursday, Oct. 22, 2009. Mortars slammed into Somalia's capital killing at least 16 people and wounding more than 25, Mogadishu's ambulance service said. Somalia's capital sees near-daily bloodshed as insurgents try to overthrow the government and push out African Union peacekeepers.

A Somali man is taken to hospital after he was wounded during shelling between the Islamic insurgents and Somalia government soldiers backed by the AU forces, in the south of Mogadishu, Somalia, Thursday, Oct. 22, 2009. Mortars slammed into Somalia's capital killing at least 16 people and wounding more than 25, Mogadishu's ambulance service said. Somalia's capital sees near-daily bloodshed as insurgents try to overthrow the government and push out African Union peacekeepers.

A Somali woman is taken to the hospital after she was wounded during shelling between the Islamic insurgents and Somalian government soldiers backed by the AU forces, in the south of Mogadishu, Somalia, Thursday, Oct. 22, 2009. Mortars slammed into Somalia's capital killing at least 16 people and wounding more than 25, Mogadishu's ambulance service said. Somalia's capital sees near-daily bloodshed as insurgents try to overthrow the government and push out African Union peacekeepers.

A Somali woman is taken to a hospital after she was wounded during shelling between the Islamic insurgents and Somalia government soldiers backed by the AU forces, in the south of Mogadishu, Somalia, Thursday, Oct. 22, 2009. Mortars slammed into Somalia's capital killing and wounding people, Mogadishu's ambulance service said. Somalia's capital sees near-daily bloodshed as insurgents try to overthrow the government and push out African Union peacekeepers.

Somalis stand by a man injured during heavy fighting between Islamic insurgents and Somali government forces backed by African Union soldiers in Mogadishu, Thursday, Oct. 22, 2009. Mortars slammed into Somalia's capital killing and wounding people, Mogadishu's ambulance service said. Somalia's capital sees near-daily bloodshed as insurgents try to overthrow the government and push out African Union peacekeepers.