Somalia

Prime Minister Gedi survived a IED attack on his convoy as he left the Mogadishu airport. A Somali soldier was shot and killed in the Bakara market in Mogadisu. Over 500 Somali recently trained police are prepared to take positions in the capital.

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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