Somali government instilled in Mogadishu while Somali/Ethiopian forces prepare to move South.

From the AP at Yahoo.

On Friday (29 Dec), Somalia's Prime Minister [Gedi] promised thousands of cheering Somalia peace and stability Friday as he formally took control of the battle-scarred capital for the first time since his government was formed two years ago.

Hundreds of foreign fighters, mainly Arabs and southern Asians, were seen in Kismayo on Friday.

Ethiopian troops aboard tanks fired warning shots into the air after dozens of young men threw stones as the convoy traveled through the city on the way to secure the airport.

Ethiopian jets continued to buzz the front line town of Jilib, 65 miles north of Kismayo. Jilib is at a crucial junction of rivers and roads that lead to Kismayo.

Somalia's President Abdullahi Yusuf said Ethiopian troops would stay in Somalia as "the government is not up to the level of taking back the entire country overnight."

Somalia's president vowed to take the fight to Kismayo. "We are going to go there and confront them," Yusuf told reporters. "If we capture them we will bring them to justice."

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