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In this Thursday, Feb. 17, 2011, file photo, hundreds of newly trained al-Shabab fighters perform military exercises in the Lafofe area some 18 km south of Mogadishu, in Somalia. Somali intelligence officials say the largest U.S. military airstrike against al-Shabab extremists in Somalia in nearly a year largely destroyed a training camp on Friday, Oct. 12, 2018, and killed more fighters than the U.S. announced. (AP Photo/Farah Abdi Warsameh, File)

Al-Shabab threat grows, prompts U.S. military bombing campaign in Somalia

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

FILE - In this Friday, Jan. 1, 1993 file photo, U.S. President George H.W. Bush holds a camera, which he borrowed from the Marine to snap the picture, for a self-portrait with Marines at the airport in Baidoa, Somalia. In the final days of his presidency, George H.W. Bush committed the U.S. military to a mission many would later regret, ordering more than 20,000 troops into Somalia to &quot;save thousands of innocents from death.&quot; (AP Photo/John Moore, File)

Bush’s Somalia mission to save ‘innocents’ echoes today

By CARA ANNA - Associated Press

FILE - In this Friday, Nov. 9, 2018 file photo, a man helps an injured civilian who was wounded in a bomb blast near the Sahafi hotel in the capital Mogadishu, Somalia. Three car bombs by Islamic extremists exploded outside the hotel, which is located across the street from the police Criminal Investigations Department, causing dozens of fatalities. (AP Photo/Farah Abdi Warsameh)

Toll rises to 53 dead from bomb blasts in Somalia’s capital

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In this photo taken Wednesday, Oct. 10, 2018, Mukhtar Robow, who was once deputy leader of Africa's deadliest Islamic extremist group the al Qaeda-linked al-Shabab, speaks at a press conference about his candidacy for a regional presidency, in Baidoa, Somalia. Once the No. 2 leader of al-Shabab, now Mukhtar Robow is running for a regional presidency in Somalia, defying a government that says he's ineligible because he remains under international sanctions. (AP Photo)

Mukhtar Robow, Al-Shabab’s former No. 2 leader, runs for office in Somalia

By Abdi Guled and Cara Anna - Associated Press

FILE-- In this Saturday, Oct 14, 2017, file photo, a soldier helps a civilian who was wounded in a blast in the capital of Mogadishu, Somalia. Somalia is marking the first anniversary of one of the world's deadliest attacks since 9/11, a truck bombing in the heart of Mogadishu that killed well over 500 people. The Oct. 14, 2017 attack was so devastating that the al-Shabab extremist group that often targets the capital never claimed responsibility amid the local outrage. As Somalis gather at a new memorial with a minute of silence, local media report that the man accused of orchestrating the bombing has been executed. (AP Photo/Farah Abdi Warsameh-File)

Somalia marks 1 year since devastating Mogadishu bombing

By ABDI GULED - Associated Press

This cover image released by Indiana University Press shows &quot;Inside Al-Shabaab: The Secret History of Al-Qaeda's Most Powerful Ally,&quot; by Harun Maruf and Dan Joseph. (Indiana University Press via AP)

As Somalia marks horrific attack, a book explores al-Shabab

By CARA ANNA - Associated Press

Fort Drum commemorates 25th anniversary of Somalia battle

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Rescuers carry away a severely injured man following a blast outside a district headquarters in the capital Mogadishu, Somalia, Monday, Sept. 10, 2018. At least four people are dead after a suicide bomber detonated an explosives-laden vehicle at the gate of a district headquarters in Mogadishu, a Somali police officer said Monday. (AP Photo/Farah Abdi Warsameh)

6 dead in blast at district headquarters in Somali capital

By ABDI GULED - Associated Press

Somali medical personnel help a civilian who was wounded in a blast outside the compound of a district headquarters in the capital Mogadishu, Somalia Sunday, Sept. 2, 2018. A Somali police officer says a number of people are wounded after a suicide bomber detonated an explosives-laden vehicle at a checkpoint outside the headquarters after being stopped by security forces. (AP Photo/Farah Abdi Warsameh)

Suicide car bombing in Somalia’s capital kills at least 6

By ABDI GULED - Associated Press

2 car bomb blasts kill 6 in Somalia

By ABDI GULED - Associated Press

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Mogadishu, Somalia police report explosion, gunfire near parliament

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Somali court sentences man to death for October bombing

By ABDI GULED - Associated Press

US drone strike removes ‘imminent threat’ to Somali capital

By ABDI GULED - Associated Press

US military: No civilians killed in August raid in Somalia

By ABDI GULED - Associated Press

In this image provided by the U.S. Air Force, an F-16 Fighting Falcon takes off from Incirlik Air Base, Turkey, as the U.S. on Wednesday, Aug. 12, 2015, launched its first airstrikes by Turkey-based F-16 fighter jets against Islamic State targets in Syria, marking a limited escalation of a yearlong air campaign that critics have called excessively cautious. (Krystal Ardrey/U.S. Air Force via AP) **FILE**

U.S. airstrikes kill hundreds of fighters in Somalia, as air campaign ramps up

By Carlo Muñoz - The Washington Times

Somali soldiers stand near the wreckage of vehicles in Mogadishu, Somalia, Sunday, Oct 29, 2017, after a car bomb detonated Saturday night. A Somali police officer said security forces ended a night-long siege at a Mogadishu hotel by attackers who stormed the building after a suicide car bomber detonated an explosives-laden vehicle at the entrance gate. (AP Photo/Farah Abdi Warsameh)

Somali police, intelligence chiefs fired after deadly attack

By ABDI GULED - Associated Press

Somali soldier walk near wreckage of vehicles after a car bomb was detonated in Mogadishu, Somalia Saturday, Oct 28, 2017. A suicide car bomb exploded outside a popular hotel in Somalia's capital on Saturday, killing at least 10 people and wounding more than 11, while gunfire could be heard inside, police said. A second blast was heard in the area minutes later. (AP Photo/Farah Abdi Warsameh)

23 dead, more than 30 wounded in Mogadishu hotel attack

By Abdi Guled - Associated Press

Somali diaspora: Blast won’t stop effort to rebuild homeland

By AMY FORLITI - Associated Press

Men walk near destroyed buildings as thousands of Somalis gathered to pray at the site of the country's deadliest attack and to mourn the hundreds of victims, at the site of the attack in Mogadishu, Somalia Friday, Oct. 20, 2017. More than 300 people were killed and nearly 400 wounded in Saturday's truck bombing, with scores missing. (AP Photo/Farah Abdi Warsameh)

The Latest: Somalia to announce ‘state of war’ on al-Shabab

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Critically wounded people wait to be moved into a waiting Turkish plane to be airlifted by air ambulance for treatment in Turkey, in Mogadishu, Somalia, Monday, Oct, 16, 2017. The death toll from Saturday's truck bombing in Somalia's capital now exceeds 300, the director of an ambulance service said Monday, as the country reeled from the deadliest single attack. (AP Photo/Farah Abdi Warsameh)

The Latest: 35 Somali victims arrive in Turkey for treatment

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