Somalia

Two factions of the Islamic Courts “accidentally” battled in Jowhar; two were killed. Shabaab warned clans not to attack their forces in the port of Marka. Ethiopian forces withdrew from a refugee camp outside of Mogadishu. Pirates hijacked a Chinese fishing boat.

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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