For more than two decades, Somalia has been subject to a constant changing of crises, including civil wars and state collapse, clan wars and separation of state, famine, natural disasters and the rise of terrorist groups attempting to take control of the country. In 1988 the country was thrown into civil war led by the Somali National Movement (SNM) who opposed the way Somali President Muhammad Siad Barre was administering the country. President Barre was deposed in 1991 and clan wars tore the country apart as opposing factions feared control of assets. Hundreds of thousands of Somalis die from civil war, disease and starvation. In 2004, Somalia saw the establishment of a Transitional Federal Government (TFG). The Islamic Courts Union (ICU) takes control of Mogadishu in 2006 but is driven out by the TFG and Ethiopian forces. The ICU later becomes the terrorist group Al-Shabaab which continues to attack TFG forces to the present day in an attempt to establish an Islamic state in Somalia. In 2012, a new parliament and a new president were elected and a provisional constitution was adopted. Hassan Sheikh Mohamud is elected president. The goals of U.S. foreign policy in Somalia are to promote political and economic stability, prevent the use of Somalia as a haven for international terrorism, and alleviate the humanitarian crisis caused by years of conflict, drought, floods, and poverty. governance according to the US State Department. To stay aligned with these goals, the United States must use an unconventional warfare approach in which the success of one problem contributes to the success of other problems and helps achieve the primary objective. This can be achieved through the use of a strategy or series of steps known as Op's Logic Lines... halfway through the document... and provide security to ensure they remain open and allocate resources to grow the market. fishing sector in the country. Providing the materials necessary to develop agricultural growth and use the local population as a workforce will reduce unemployment and, over time, allow the population to return to their homes and resume a “sense of normality” that has been absent from their lives for more than twenty years. While one or more of these LLOs may be more important than another, they are all interrelated and play an integral role in the success of the overall end state. Utilization of combat operations, host nation security forces, essential services, governance and economic development. LLOs are techniques used to provide unity of effort for national and multinational forces to work toward a common objective during an irregular warfare campaign.