The U.S. military has deployed a small cell of military personnel to Somalia for the first time since 18 Americans were killed in the failed “Black Hawk Down” operation in 1993.
The group of advisers has been stationed in Mogadishu since last fall, U.S. military officials confirmed to The Washington Post.
The cell has reportedly been placed in Somalia to coordinate operations with African troops to help wrest control of the country from the Al Shabab militia – a group that has professed loyalty to Al Qaeda.
"The U.S. has established a military coordination cell in Somalia to provide planning and advisory support and promote peace and security,” Army Colonel Tom Davis, said in a statement. “The MCC was established in October and is now fully operational .”
The move marks a trend of ever-increasing involvement in Somalia by the Obama administration, with surveillance and air strikes from U.S. drones, as well as Special Operations missions.
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