On February 23 , 2007 , '' The New York Times '' reported that the US government has been secretly training Ethiopian soldiers , for several years , in camps near the Ethiopia-Somalia border . Many of these soldiers participated in the Ethiopian invasion of Somalia . The '' Times '' quoted unnamed US government officials who said the training program and other support for Ethiopia 's government began after a failed CIA effort to arm and finance Somali " warlords . " Somali Prime Minister Gedi declared one of the key objectives of the offensive on Kismayo was the capture of three alleged Al-Qaeda members , suspects wanted for the 1998 United States embassy bombings in East Africa : Fazul Abdullah Mohammed , Saleh Ali Saleh Nabhan and Abu Taha al-Sudani
1998 United States embassy bombings
1998 United States embassy bombings
2007 in Somalia