Kapal perang AS dari pangkalan di Djibouti dilaporkan juga berpatroli di lepas pantai Somalia guna mencegah para pemimpin SICC atau pendukung asing melarikan diri.
U.S. warships from its Djibouti-based counterterrorism Joint Task Force were also said to be patrolling the sea off Somalia to stop SICC leaders or foreign militant supporters escaping.