U.S.-designated terror group among militants seizing control of Mogadishu . The U.S. State Department said it was aware that al-Shabab had taken over the city and urged all Somalis to stay away from it. The Islamists responded with a guerrilla campaign against government and Ethiopian troops . Ethiopians were propping up U.N.-backed transitional government .
U.S.-designated terror group among militants seizing control of Mogadishu . The U.S. State Department said it was aware that al-Shabab had taken over the city and urged all Somalis to stay away from it. Ethiopians were propping up U.N.-backed transitional government .