Somalia

Somalia’s president was targeted with mortars at the Mogadishu capital. Mogadishu’s deputy mayor was targeted in an attack on his convoy, 2 were killed and 4 wounded. Islamic Courts fighters and Ethiopian troops clashed north of the capital. Ethiopian troops will withdraw from Somalia soon. The Islamic Courts have been shut out of reconciliation talks.

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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