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Helicopter Attacks al-Shabab-Held Town

   VOA News 26 September 2010

   Witnesses  say unidentified helicopter gunships have attacked a Somali
   town controlled by al-Shabab militants.

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   Residents  of  Marka,  south  of  Mogadishu, say the gunships fired on
   houses  of  al-Shabab  commanders Sunday. They say the helicopter flew
   away after Islamist forces fired back at it.

   There  have  been  no  immediate reports of casualties and no claim of
   responsibility.

   An  al-Shabab  commander, Salah Ali Salah Nabhan, was killed in a U.S.
   helicopter strike in the town of Barawe last year.

   Al-Shabab  controls  much  of  southern and central Somalia, including
   parts  of the capital. The group is attempting to overthrow the Somali
   government and to turn Somalia into a strict Islamic state.

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