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Somalia an overlooked front in war on terror

Published November 29, 2008, 11:25 pm, Arizona Daily Star

BERBERA, Somalia — To glimpse America's secret war in Africa, you must bang with a rock on the iron gate of the prison in this remote port in northern Somalia. A sleepy guard will yank open a rusty deadbolt. Then, you ask to speak to an inmate named Mohamed Ali Isse.

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