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 NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) - A day after the Somalia's interim government claimed victory in its battle with Islamic militiamen in the capital, they were back Friday — attacking a Mogadishu hotel used by top officials.
Driven from power last year by a Western-supported offensive, the Islamists have fresh recruits and new funding and are threatening to turn the country back into a haven for al-Qaida.
More than 1,400 people have been killed over the last month, 400 in the last five days, in violence caused at least in part by the militants, who have been infiltrating towns across the country.
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