The coordinated assault was the first open admission by Ethiopia 's Christian-led government of its military operations inside Somalia , where -- with tacit American support -- it has been helping a weak interim government threatened by forces loyal to the Islamic clerics who control the longtime capital , Mogadishu , and much of the country .
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