Somalia

Shabaab blamed US contractor Xe for dual blasts at a mosque that killed more than 40 people on May 1. Both Shabaab and Ahlu Sunna Waljama™a claimed victory after clashes in Mogadishu. Pirates seized a Yemeni vessel; nine crewmen are in custody.

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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