Somalia

A US warship destroyed two boats of pirates attacking a Japanese ship inside Somali waters. Somalia’s prime minister resigned after months of fighting with the president. Four civilians were gunned down 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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