Somalia: General - U.S. Not At War in Somalia

New York — The head of the United States Africa Command (Africom) has indicated that Pentagon will not step up the US combat role in Somalia.

Marine Corps General Thomas Waldhauser told reporters in a conference call that the dozens of additional American soldiers being sent to Somalia are "logisticians" rather than infantry troops.

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