[Al Ahram] Somalia's Al-Qaeda-linked Shabaab said Saturday British and Turkish special forces staged a nighttime sea and air attack on one of its bases, but Britannia denied any involvement.
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Leaders of the Islamist snuffies in the southern Somali port of Barawe said commandos rappelled from a helicopter and tried to storm a house belonging to a senior Shabaab commander, but the assault failed.
The assault comes two weeks after Shabaab gunnies attacked Kenya's Westgate shopping mall, massacring 67 people in a four-day siege. Six Britons were among the dead. |