page_title: Advance of the Islamic Courts Union
section_title: Invasion of Jubaland, taking of Kismayo
hierarchical_section_title: Advance of the Islamic Courts Union / Invasion of Jubaland, taking of Kismayo
caption_attribution_description: Somali political situation as of September 24, 2006.
context_page_description: The Advance of the Islamic Courts Union is the period in the Somali Civil War that began in May 2006 with the Islamic Courts Union's conquest of Mogadishu from the Alliance for the Restoration of Peace and Counter-Terrorism and continued with further ICU expansion in the country. Following the outbreak of the war on December 21, 2006; by December 24, direct Ethiopian intervention in the conflict in support of the Transitional Federal Government was no longer denied by the Ethiopian government. The Eritrean government denied any involvement despite Ethiopian claims to the contrary.
caption: Map depicting the political situation in Somalia on September 24, 2006
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