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Shabaab said the government in Mogadishu failed as fighting resumed in the capital. Pro-government Islamic Courts Union forces retreated from Mahaday. Government officials said they plan to recapture the Bay and Bakool provinces.

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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