MOGADISHU, Somalia, December 14, SPA - A radical insurgency group that was driven from power a year ago by a Western-supported offensive is making a significant comeback in Somalia, and the government can do little to stop it, officials said Thursday, as shelling and gun battles in the capital killed at least 17 people. Sheik Qasim Ibrahim Nur, director of security at Somalia's National Security Ministry, said the government has no power to resist the Council of Islamic Courts. He was quoted as saying by the Associated Press that the fighters had regrouped and were poised to launch a massive attack, adding that the government has "no power to resist the Islamists." Mortar rounds slammed into the biggest market in Mogadishu, killing 12 people and wounding more than 40 others. Five others were killed in a separate gun battle in the city. --SPA www.spa.gov.sa/509180