Somali government is al Qaeda proxy trying to impose strict Islamic law . The fighting has displaced more than a million Somalis . Mogadishu is bulging at the seams with more than 350,000 internally displaced people -- many of whom are living in overcrowded conditions and on the street under plastic sheets and makeshift dwellings . Somalia has not had a stable government for nearly 20 years .
Somali government is al Qaeda proxy trying to impose strict Islamic law . The fighting has displaced more than a million Somalis . Somalia has not had a stable government for nearly 20 years .