US Deploys Military Advisors to Somalia

The U.S. military says it has established a small unit of military advisors in Somalia, the first time troops have been deployed to the country since the early 1990s. A spokesman for U.S. Africa Command, Colonel Tom Davis, said Friday the small team was launched in October and became fully operational last month. U.S. officials say that there are fewer than five military personnel in the unit.   The last time U.S. troops were in Somalia was early 1994. That was several months...

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