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September 2nd, 2014 
FAKE NEWS for the Zionist agenda 
The Pentagon conducted an aerial strike against the extremist Al-Shabaab group in Somalia on Monday, US authorities said. It is reported the strike was aimed at the leader of the notorious network behind Kenya’s Westgate Mall massacre in 2013.
“US military forces conducted an operation in Somalia today
against the Al-Shabaab network. We are assessing the results of
the operation and will provide additional information as and when
appropriate,” said Pentagon Press Secretary Rear Adm. John
Kirby.
Revealed: US operating secretly in Somalia since
1997
The American drone targeted Al-Shabaab leader Ahmed Abdi Godane
as he left a meeting of the group’s top leaders, a senior Somali
intelligence official said, as quoted by AP. Godane is the leader
of the Sunni extremist group, which is believed to have formed a
partnership with Al-Qaeda.
The official, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said the
aerial attack occurred in a forest near the Sablale district, 105
miles (170 kilometers) south of Mogadishu, where Al-Shabaab has a
training base.
“There was an airstrike near Sablale. We saw something,”
Abdiqadir Mohamed Nor, governor of Somalia’s Lower Shabelle
region, told AP.
US forces reportedly launched Hellfire missiles from a drone at
two vehicles in southern Somalia with the intention of taking out
Al-Shabaab’s top leader, NBC news reported, citing an unnamed US
official.
The military action against the East African country comes almost
exactly one year after the terrorist group attacked the upscale
Westgate Mall in Nairobi, Kenya, killing at least 67 people and
injuring dozens.
Journalists in Somalia said suspected US drones fired missiles
near the port city of Barawe, a stronghold for Al-Shabaab, The
Washington Post reported.
The Pentagon is still awaiting word on whether the attack was
successful.
This is not the first time this year that the US has conducted
airstrikes in the region.
Last October, the Pentagon initiated a drone strike that killed
Al-Shabaab’s top explosives expert, while another missile strike,
in January of this year, killed a high-ranking intelligence
officer of the group.
The latest US drone strike comes after a group of suspected
Al-Shabaab members had attempted to free other militants held in
a high-security prison in Mogadishu. Somalia’s government forces,
which have been battling the Sunni militant group since 2006,
regained control of the prison on Monday.
Al-Shabaab is now mostly active in Somalia’s rural regions after
being ousted from the capital by African Union forces in 2011.
Also on Monday, the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM), a
regional peacekeeping mission operated by the African Union
announced its forces, working jointly with the Somalia National
Army, had liberated several towns as they advanced on the
strategic town of Jalalaqsi.
“The Somali National Army supported by AMISOM forces have
faced little resistance from their advancement as Al-Shabaab
simply melted away when they heard the aligned forces [were]
approaching,” AMISOM announced in a statement.
Al-Shabaab, which joined forces with Al-Qaeda in 2012, is
considered a terrorist organization by the United States and
several other Western countries.
Source Article from http://rt.com/usa/184484-us-somalia-military-operation/
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