Somali forces kill 10 extremists in Somalia

Mar 10, 2016, 17:56

USA officials say American special operations forces partnered with Somali soldiers in a ground raid against al-Shabab militants in southern Somalia.

But the Islamist extremist group hasn't confined its terror or ambitions to Somalia, as evidenced by other horrific attacks like last year's massacre at Kenya's Garissa University College and a 2013 siege of Nairobi's upscale Westgate Mall.

US air strikes targeted an al Shabaab facility on Saturday and USA officials said more than 150 fighters were killed.

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The aircraft attacked al-Shabaab camps on the outskirts of the town of Awdhegle late Tuesday, with explosions and gunfire lasting about an hour, resident Hassan Bin Hussein said by phone. The exact target of the raid, if any, remains unclear. He said there were no known civilian casualties.

There was no claim of responsibility for the blast, but it appeared to be part of attacks waged by al-Shabab, which was ousted from Mogadishu by African Union peacekeepers in 2011.

Sheikh Abdiaziz Abu Musab, a spokesman for al-Shabab, told a militant-run online radio that unidentified foreign forces with two helicopters tried to launch a ground attack on a military station in Awdhegle town in Lower Shabelle region before they were repulsed.

No country has so far said it carried out the attack alleged by al-Shabab.

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He said the US forces did not fire their weapons during the mission.

Peter Cook, a Pentagon spokesman, said that attack Saturday was carried out to safeguard "our African Union Mission" in Somalia and that "the fighters who were scheduled to depart the camp posed an imminent threat" to the mission.

"That al-Shabaab had that many recruits in training at just one location.is a worrying indicator of the group's continued relevance and its power to attract", Pham said.

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