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                    US, Somali Soldiers Raid Al-Shabab Base

   by VOA News

   U.S. and Somali forces have attacked an al-Shabab base west of
   Mogadishu, the second significant U.S. attack on the militant group in
   five days.

   A U.S. official confirmed to VOA that the raid Wednesday was a joint
   U.S.-Somali government operation targeting al-Shabab.

   A local official in Somalia said helicopters dropped between 60 and 70
   soldiers outside the town of Awdhegle just after midnight.

   ''The official, Mohamed Aweys Abukar, told VOA the troops then attacked
   three or four targets in the town, inflicting a number of casualties on
   the militants.

   Al-Shabab said one of its fighters was killed in the raid.  The
   al-Qaida-linked group said its forces put up stiff resistance and
   eventually forced the troops to retreat.

   On Saturday, U.S. aircraft fired missiles at an Al-Shabab training camp
   north of Mogadishu.  The Pentagon said the attack killed around 150
   militants who were training for a large-scale attack against African
   Union troops and U.S. military personnel in Somalia.

   Al-Shabab confirmed the aerial attack but said the death toll was
   exaggerated.
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