Somalia’s National Army brings ‘total war’ to al-Shabab militants

Somalia’s National Army bring ‘total war’ to al-Shabab militants.

Mogadishu’s first line of defense against the next militant attack on Somalia’s capital ranges from machine gunners in pick-up trucks to young men in plain clothes manning checkpoints.

One of the leaders is Abdikani Ali Mohamed, a teenage-faced colonel whose authority has grown in the city as Somalia’s government tries to dismantle al-Shabab networks.

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