MOGADISHU (Reuters) - Militiamen clashed on Friday outside talks to try and bring peace to Somalia, where a charity said anti-Islamist air raids had hit the wrong people and killed 70 herdsmen.
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The British-based aid agency Oxfam said on Friday air raids to pursue the Islamists as they fled south in recent days had mistakenly targeted nomadic herdsmen, killing 70 of them.
"Under international law, there is a duty to distinguish between military and civilian targets," it said, citing its local partner organizations in Somalia for the information.
Washington sent a warplane into Somalia on Monday to try and take out what U.S. officials say are top al Qaeda suspects hiding with the Islamists.
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