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 MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) - Somalia's Islamic militia invited U.S. government leaders on Thursday to visit the capital, Mogadishu, the city where 18 U.S. troops on a peacekeeping mission to the East African nation were killed in 1993.
The United States — which accuses the Council of Islamic Courts of links with al-Qaida — should see for itself that the city is under control, said Ibrahim Hassan Adow, the Islamists' foreign affairs chief.
"We invite U.S. government officials to come Mogadishu and to see the realities on the ground," he told The Associated Press. U.S. officials weren't immediately available for comment on the offer.
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