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Shabaab claimed that Western special operations forces launched a 2 a.m. raid in the Shabaab-controlled town of Barawe. Shabaab claims to have repelled the raid and one of its fighters were killed in the assault.

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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