‘Not Black Hawk Down anymore’: US and Somalia team up to fight terrorists

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As Somalia moves toward normalizing its place within the world community, Mogadishu has reforged its partnership with the United States, to include the presence of American boots on the ground inside the east African nation.

To some, the thought of American troops in Somalia might conjure images of downed helicopters and protracted street combat. But times have changed since the 1993 Battle of Mogadishu, American and Somali officials said.

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