U.S. special operations forces conduct helicopter raid in Somalia
Source: Washington Post
U.S. Special Operations Forces conducted a joint U.S.-Somali helicopter raid against the terror group al-Shabab in Somalia Tuesday, according to a senior U.S. defense official.
It is unclear what the outcome of the raid was. The defense official, who spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss the operation because it had not been made public, said that there were no U.S. or Somali casualties.
In 2013, U.S. Navy SEALs attempted to capture a Shabab leader during an amphibious raid on the coastal town of Barawe. The assault quickly went wrong when the American commando force was discovered after coming ashore. In the ensuing gun battle, the SEALs left behind some equipment but were pulled out safely.
The recent U.S. raid comes just days after a series of airstrikes attacked an al-Shabab training camp approximately 120 miles north of Mogadishu. The strikes, carried out in waves by both drones and fixed-wing aircraft, killed more than 150 Shabab fighters–an unprecedented amount of casualties for the U.S.-led air campaign against the group.
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