Somalia

An Ethiopian helicopter was shot down by Islamic Courts fighters in Mogadishu as heavy fighting in the capital entered its second day. Seven more Ethiopian troops were killed in the fighting.

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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