On my third trip to cover the onslaught against Al-Shabaab in Somalia in 2012, driving in a convoy of three cars we encountered three ambushes in the short stretch from Dobley to Tabda.
The Somali militants would typically spray the convoy with bullets after improvised explosive devices placed along the road exploded.
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