Somalia

A suicide bomber killed 11 during an attack on a hotel south of Mogadishu. The Ethiopia Army is deploying tanks in central Mogadishu to fight the Islamic Courts. Rival clans that support the TFG are battling in Kismayo.

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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