Somalia

Sixteen Somalis were killed in exchanges of mortar fire in Mogadishu. A Somali soldier and officer were killed in an attack in Baidoa. Kenya has deployed soldiers along the border. A Greek ship was hijacked off the coast of Somalia.

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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