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Since the 1960s the United States Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) has engaged in a variety of covert activities in the east African country of Somalia. These activities have included financing pro-Western Somali political parties, deploying paramilitary units in combat, funding warlords, carrying out extraordinary renditions and most recently operating black sites. Somali government officials have reported that American agents operate unilaterally inside the country.