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Somalia\u2019s government quickly lent support. Now neighbors Ethiopia, Kenya and Djibouti have agreed to a joint \u201csearch and destroy\u201d military campaign.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Somalia is recovering from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/flashpoints\/2017\/06\/11\/deadly-airstrike-hits-al-shabaab-in-somalia-as-us-mission-there-intensifies\/\" target=\"_blank\">decades of conflict<\/a>, and the federal government is eager to shed the country\u2019s history as a failed state and attract investment. Under the current president, the government is cracking down on al-Shabab\u2019s financial network and encouraging religious authorities to reject the extremist group\u2019s propaganda \u2014 even enlisting a former deputy al-Shabab leader as Somalia\u2019s current minister for religious affairs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The U.S. has an estimated 450 military personnel in Somalia after President Joe Biden <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/news\/pentagon-congress\/2022\/05\/16\/us-troops-heading-back-into-somalia-reversing-trump-order\/\" target=\"_blank\">reversed<\/a> his predecessor Donald Trump\u2019s decision to withdraw American forces. 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