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10-05-2013, 06:45 PM #1
Al Shabaab leader believed killed by U.S. commandos: NYTimes
Al Shabaab leader believed killed by U.S. commandos: NYTimes
Sat Oct 5, 2013 6:27pm EDT
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A U.S. Navy SEAL team is believed to have killed a senior leader of the al Shabaab militant group in a raid on his seaside villa in Somalia on Saturday in response to a deadly attack on a Nairobi shopping mall last month, the New York Times reported.
The unidentified target was believed to have been killed in a predawn firefight after the SEAL team landed in the Somali town of Barawe by sea, but the commandos were forced to withdraw before that could be confirmed, a report on the newspaper's website quoted a senior U.S. official as saying.
It said U.S. officials initially reported that the commandos had seized the Shabaab leader, but later backed off that account.
"The Barawe raid was planned a week and a half ago," the paper quoted an unnamed U.S. security official as saying.
"It was prompted by the Westgate attack," he added, referring to a militant assault on a Nairobi shopping mall two weeks ago in which at least 67 people were killed.
The Times quoted witnesses as saying that the firefight lasted more than an hour, with helicopters called in for air support.
The Times report quoted a spokesman for al Shabaab as saying that one of its fighters had been killed in an exchange of gunfire but that the group had beaten back the assault.
The U.S. officials said it was unclear whether the SEAL team's target was taken alive or killed.
The paper said a senior Somali government official confirmed the raid, saying, "The attack was carried out by the American forces and the Somali government was pre-informed about the attack."
Earlier, al Shabaab militants said British and Turkish special forces had raided the coastal town overnight, killing a rebel fighter, but that a British officer had also been killed and others wounded.
Britain's Defence Ministry said it was not aware of any such British involvement. A Turkish Foreign Ministry official also denied any Turkish part in such an action.
A Somali intelligence official said the target of the raid at Barawe was a Chechen commander, who had been wounded and his guard killed. Police said a total of seven people were killed.
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10-05-2013, 07:34 PM #3
BREAKING NEWS
2 major U.S operations overseas today
Al Qaeda, Al-Shabaab targeted
U.S. special operations forces captured a terrorist operative sought in U.S. embassy bombings and participated in a raid targeting an Al-Shabaab leader, U.S. officials say. FULL STORY
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10-05-2013, 07:49 PM #4
BREAKING NEWS
U.S. military forces strike in Libya and Somalia
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