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Female soldiers join the army ranks in Somalia

By Abdi Guled
Published May 28, 2014 4:39pm ET
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Female soldiers join the army ranks in Somalia
MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) — With an AK47 automatic rifle slung over her shoulder, Naeemo Abdi frisks people coming into a Mogadishu police station. When she holds back a man who tried to enter unchecked, he scowls at her and barks: “Woman and soldier?” She did not respond but directed the man to the security checkpoint. […]

MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) — With an AK47 automatic rifle slung over her shoulder, Naeemo Abdi frisks people coming into a Mogadishu police station.

When she holds back a man who tried to enter unchecked, he scowls at her and barks: “Woman and soldier?”

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