Read more civil affairs stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/4117/civil-affairs.htmlhttp://img1-cdn.newser.com/images/newser-black250x40.gifhttp://www.newser.com/2012 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorSat, 26 May 2012 03:07:24 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/22944/10-killed-as-somalia-forces-battle-insurgents.htmlKate Rockwood<img src='http://img1-cdn.newser.com/getimage.aspx?mediaid=88898&width=45&height=45&crop=Y&updateddate=20110401015633' border='0' />At least 10 people were killed and 35 seriously injured in Somalia’s capital yesterday as insurgents fired mortars at the presidential palace, where Somalia’s president and Ethiopia’s foreign minister were meeting. The government responded by firing artillery shells and mortar in the direction of the attack, a crowded Bakara market...A Somali man buys traditional Somali dishes of samosas and other sweet dishes, to break the fast at the evening meal, in Bakara market in Mogadishu, Somalia.http://www.newser.com/story/22944/10-killed-as-somalia-forces-battle-insurgents.htmlSun, 30 Mar 2008 09:19:00 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/779/fake-raids-test-iraqi-reconstruction.htmlHeather McPhersonThe American military is staging fake raids on Iraqi small businesses to confirm that US aid is being well spent—without tipping off insurgents that they have any US connection. "The only way things will work is if the US contribution is totally invisible," says a civil-affairs officer, suggesting that...http://www.newser.com/story/779/fake-raids-test-iraqi-reconstruction.htmlThu, 22 Mar 2007 11:13:55 CDT