U.S. Aiding Somalia in Its Plan to Retake Its Capital - NYTimes.com: "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.
Jehad Nga for The New York Times
Forces of the transitional government in Somalia control only a part of the capital, Mogadishu. “It’s the Americans,” said Gen. Mohamed Gelle Kahiye, the new chief of Somalia’s military, who said he recently shared plans about coming military operations with American advisers. “They’re helping us.”"
