U.S. Carries Out Air Strike in Somalia Targeting MilitantSuspect

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BY:ReutersJanuary 27, 2014 8:45 am

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - the U.S. military carried out a missile strike throughout Somalia onSunday targeting a new suspected militant leader along with ties to become able to al Qaeda andalso al Shabaab, a U.S. military official informed Reuters, speaking upon issue associated withanonymity.

The strike took devote southern Somalia, the actual official said, with out providing furtherinformation, such as your identity with the suspect or even whether the strike has been believed tohappen for you to be successful.

Another U.S. official, also speaking on situation of anonymity, said the actual operation happened inthe remote area near Barawe, Somalia.

Barawe, a militant stronghold about Somalia's southern coast, had been your site of your failed raidthrough American commandos inside October targeting a new militant referred to be able to asIkrima.

The U.S. forces brought out following a gun battle without having capturing Ikrima, described like aplanner along with operator who could have relentlessly plotted attacks on neighboring Kenya.

Al Shabaab has been weakened by African Union troops more than days gone by a pair of years,ushering in a few stability throughout many areas of the Horn involving Africa nation after a

campaign involving cross-border raids as well as kidnappings involving Westerners and also safetyforces.

But the rebels, who've waged the seven-year insurgency seeking in order to impose the strictinterpretation involving sharia law within Somalia, stunned the planet throughout September afterthey attacked an upscale retail center throughout Nairobi, killing no less than 67 people.

Late final year, the U.S. military deepened its involvement throughout Somalia, establishing a unitinvolving fewer when compared with five troops inside the capital, Mogadishu, to help advice andassistance African Union and also Somali forces.

(Reporting by Phil Stewart; Editing by Jim Loney as well as Peter Cooney)This entry had been posted in National Safety along with tagged Military, Somalia. Bookmark yourpermalink.