US 'may back Somali offensive'

I trust that the Special ops Know what they are doing here , 93 was not a good year , The Battle for Mogadishu , remains as a stain on U.S. Military history .
Maybe someone has got the Balls to handle it like it should be handled these days , Unlike Bill Clinton did back in the day .
This could get Ugly , Lets just hope that we Get Ugly Right Back !


Al Jazeera
US special operations forces could help the Somali government with an offensive to dislodge al-Shabab fighters from the capital, Mogadishu, a US newspaper report says.

Citing an unnamed US official on Saturday, the New York Times website said the offensive could begin in a few weeks.

Washington believes al-Shabab has links to al-Qaeda, which has expanded its influence in Yemen across the Red Sea.

"What you are likely to see is air strikes and Special Ops moving in, hitting and getting out," the official is quoted as saying.

American advisers have helped supervise the training of the Somali forces to be deployed in the offensive, the paper said.

Washington has provided covert training to Somali intelligence officers, logistical support to peacekeepers, fuel for the manoevures, intelligence on fighters' positions and money for bullets and guns, the report said.

US officials said it was part of a continuing programme to "build the capacity" of the Somali military, and that there has been no increase in military aid for the coming operations.