MOGADISHU, Somalia, March 24 (UPI) -- U.S. contractors airlifted 1,700 Ugandan troops into war-torn Somalia this month as the beleaguered Transitional Federal government prepares for a major offensive against al-Qaida-linked Islamist militias who hold much of the capital and the country.
But despite these and other military preparations, including forging an alliance of convenience with a major clan militia, Ahlu Sunnah Waljamaah, there's no sign that the much-touted -- and much-delayed -- big push is going to start soon.Read the whole story
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