{"id":43952,"date":"2014-09-02T06:57:19","date_gmt":"2014-09-02T06:57:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/?p=43952"},"modified":"2014-09-02T08:33:35","modified_gmt":"2014-09-02T08:33:35","slug":"us-attacks-al-shabab-militants-in-somalia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=43952","title":{"rendered":"US attacks al-Shabab militants in Somalia"},"content":{"rendered":"

The US has carried out a military operation against al-Shabab militants in Somalia, officials say.<\/p>\n

The Pentagon is assessing the results of Monday’s operation before releasing details, a spokesman said.<\/p>\n

However a US official quoted by the American media said “a senior al-Shabab operative” had been targeted.<\/p>\n

The al-Qaeda-linked group lost control of Mogadishu to an African Union (AU) force in 2011 but still hold many southern and central areas.<\/p>\n

“We are assessing the results of the operation and will provide additional information as and when appropriate,” Pentagon spokesman John F Kirby said in a statement.<\/p>\n

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The 22,000-member AU force in Somalia is pushing al-Shabab into rural area in the south of Somalia<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The American action comes after al-Shabab rebels attacked a detention centre in Mogadishu on Sunday, in an apparent effort to free other militants detained there.<\/p>\n

Somali officials said all of the attackers, as well as three government soldiers and two civilians, were killed.<\/p>\n

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Civilians were able to return to the town of Bulomarer on Monday after al-Shabab militants were forced out by African Union and Somali soldiers<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The Pentagon and the US state department have supported the 22,000-member AU force that drove al-Shabab from their former strongholds in the capital and other urban centres.<\/p>\n

The militants continue to carry out bombings and assassinations in the city.<\/p>\n

Al-Shabab fighters want to overthrow the internationally supported Somali government and frequently attack government targets as well as neighbouring countries that provide troops to the AU force.<\/p>\n

The group said it carried out last year’s attack on the Westgate mall in the Kenyan capital, Nairobi, in which at least 67 people were killed.<\/p>\n

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Source: BBC<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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