Somalia

The Islamic Courts takes control of the town of Afmadow in the Lower Jubba region. Members of the Lower Juba Alliance threaten to retake the port city of Kismayo. Kenya is reconsidering its support of the transitional government. An alleged video of an ICU clreic being tortured in Somaliland leads to protests and threats from the ICU.

Bill Roggio is a Senior Fellow at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies and the Editor of FDD's Long War Journal.

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