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Archive Home > 2010 > March > 06 > U.S. aids Somalia in planned drive to take capital back from militants

U.S. aids Somalia in planned drive to take capital back from militants

By Jeffrey Gettleman / The Bulletin
March 6, 2010

MOGADISHU, Somalia — The Somali government is preparing a major offensive to take back this capital block by crumbling block, and it takes just a listen to the low growl of a small surveillance plane circling in the night sky overhead to know who is surreptitiously backing that effort.

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