Somalia

An American man has been arrested in northern Kenya while trying to enter an area of Somalia controlled by Islamists. Heavily armed Ethiopian troops crossed the border and entered three villages west of the town of Beledweyne. Jordan Abu Mohammad al Maqdisi, the spiritual mentor of Abu Mussab al Zarqawi, expressed his public support for Shabaab and called on Somalis to help the group.

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