Somalia's interim President Abdullahi Yusuf Ahmed was quick to defend the US raid, calling it the "the right thing to do". MOGADISHU — Many Somalis, including a four-year-old child, have been killed in American air strikes on two villages in southern Somalia, the first known direct US intervention in the war that began last month.
"We know that a US gunship raided targets of Al-Qaeda in the southern village of Badel sometime yesterday afternoon", government spokesman Abdirahman Dinari told Agence France-Presse (AFP) on Tuesday, January 9.
"The target was a small village called Badel where the terrorists were hiding. And the gunship did hit on the exact target," he said.
"A lot of people were killed," the government spokesman confirmed, though unable to elaborate on the victims' identities. (MORE)
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"We know that a US gunship raided targets of Al-Qaeda in the southern village of Badel sometime yesterday afternoon", government spokesman Abdirahman Dinari told Agence France-Presse (AFP) on Tuesday, January 9.
"The target was a small village called Badel where the terrorists were hiding. And the gunship did hit on the exact target," he said.
"A lot of people were killed," the government spokesman confirmed, though unable to elaborate on the victims' identities. (MORE)
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Secretary-General Ban concerned over humanitarian impact of US air strikes in Somalia
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'Many dead' in US air strikes on Somalia
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Air strikes on Somalia: A new stage in Washington's illegal "terror" war
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