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To Ambush and Kill American Green Berets, Al Shabaab Diverted a River

A LITERAL QUAGMIRE

The Somali rebels knew where the U.S. Special Operators and their allied troops would have to deploy. By flooding terrain, they left them little choice.

Christina Goldbaum
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