Shabaab called the UN Security Council's decision to extend the African Union peacekeeping mandate in Somalia an "atrocity to the Muslims." Shabaab banned men and women from sitting together on public transportation in Kismayo. Islamic Courts forces supporting the government vowed to retake the Middle Shabelle region from Shabaab and Hizbul Islam.
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