Somalia

Somalia Pirates Update 4/15/2009 Pirates launched a grenade attack against a second US cargo ship off Somalia on Wednesday “in retaliation” for the deaths of their comrades during the rescue of American cargo captain Richard Phillips. Somali pirates were back to business as usual Tuesday, defiantly seizing four more ships with 60 hostages after U.S....
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Al Shabaab:  AKA Al Qaeda in Somalia, “The Youth” On May 1, 2008 a U.S. air strike hit it’s target in Somalia.  It was Aden Hashi Ayro, who led al Shabaab militants that have been blamed for attacks on government troops and their Ethiopian allies that have assisted the Somali government in the past fight...
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