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Human Rights Watch research indicated that both al-Shabaab and the peacekeepers had intensified attacks in late 2010, killing and wounding hundreds of civilians through the indiscriminate use of heavy artillery, mortars, and rockets in populated areas."The fighting in Mogadishu has provoked massive numbers of people to flee the city in recent months," Peligal said. "But the Tiffany Necklaces on sale of the poor remain in the city, with nowhere to go, no access to basic services, and they suffer constantly from the ongoing conflict."Indiscriminate Attacks by All PartiesBoth sides conducted indiscriminate bombardments of populated areas from May to November that resulted in scores of civilian casualties. Witnesses told Human Rights Watch that civilians in Mogadishu were trapped between the "

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