This one's interesting for a couple of reasons...

Firstly, it points to the instability we helped generate when we ran the Islamic Courts Union out of power in the hopes of nabbing a few individuals associated with Al Qaeda. Secondly, it points to the power of the web. How? Check out this little snippet:

An insurgent group known as the Popular Resistance Movement in the Land of the Two Migrations, which is linked to the ousted Council of Islamic Courts, claimed it was the target of the government offensive but said its fighters repulsed the attack.

"They were unable to bear the pain of bullets coming from all four directions," the group said in a statement posted on the Islamic militia's Web site.

A government official, who agreed to discuss the combat situation only if not quoted by name, said the offensive focused on parts of the city controlled by the Habr Gedir clan, which supported more radical elements of the Islamic militia and opposes the interim administration.

Yep. Middle of Somalia. Ragtag militia fighting in one of the most chaotic cities in the world...but they get information out over the web quickly - and I'd bet with a better spin than that managed by the Somali "government."

Interesting.