Somalia

President Yusuf refuses to negotiate with the Islamic Courts. ICU leader Sharif Ahmed’s asylum in Yemen has been delayed. Islamists launched a mortar attack on the president’s home a daylight RPG attack on the Ambassador Hotel in Mogadishu.

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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