US backs calls for more AU troops for Somalia

Reuters
Thursday, October 21, 2010
WASHINGTON – The United States supports proposals to raise more African Union troops for Somalia and the U.N. Security Council will likely debate the matter within 30 days, a senior U.S. diplomat said on Wednesday.
 Assistant Secretary of State Johnnie Carson said Uganda and other countries had been pressing to increase 7,200-strong AMISOM [...]