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On March 10, the US military carried out an airstrike near the town of Ugunji, a little more than 40 miles southwest of the Somali capital of Mogadishu.
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On March 10, the US military carried out an airstrike near the town of Ugunji, a little more than 40 miles southwest of the Somali capital of Mogadishu.
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