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[h=4]Navy SEAL team conducts raid in Somalia: Reports[/h]A team of Navy SEALs raided an al-Shabab militant group in Somalia in a daring predawn attack, the New York Times and NBC News reported Saturday.
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Elizabeth Weise, USA TODAY 5:29 p.m. EDT October 5, 2013
In this photo taken from footage from Citizen TV via the Kenya Defence Forces and made available Oct. 4 2013, a man reported to be Khatab Alkene, one of four armed militants, is seen walking in a store at the Westgate Mall during the four-day-long siege in Nairobi, Kenya, that killed more than 60 people last month.(Photo: AP)
A team of Navy SEALs raided an al-Shabab militant group in Somalia in a daring predawn attack, the New York Times and NBC News reported Saturday.
The raid was in response to an al-Shabab attack on a Nairobi shopping mall two weeks ago. Al-Shabab, a militant Islamic group, has claimed responsibility for the action, which killed at least 67 people.
Sources told NBC News and The Guardian newspaper in the U.K. that the raid was in pursuit of a "high-value target," but neither news outlet named the targeted person nor said if they were caught.
The Guardian reported that a Somali official said the target was a "high-profile foreign leader in al-Shabab," possibly a Chechen.
Pentagon spokesman George Little declined to comment on the raid when reached by the Guardian.
The Times reported that the SEALs raided a seaside villa where al-Shabab members were staying, in the Somali town of Baraawe. The firefight lasted more than an hour. Somali officials told the newspaper that the government had been informed of the raid.
One al-Shabab spokesman told the Guardian that the raid had involved special forces from the United Kingdom and Turkey but British officials denied the claim.
An al-Shabab spokesman told the paper that one fighter had been killed in the attack but that the American assault had been beaten back. The condition of the SEAL team is unknown.
U.S. officials have been concerned that al-Shabab might attempt attacks in the United States and have sought to weaken the group.
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Elizabeth Weise, USA TODAY 5:29 p.m. EDT October 5, 2013
In this photo taken from footage from Citizen TV via the Kenya Defence Forces and made available Oct. 4 2013, a man reported to be Khatab Alkene, one of four armed militants, is seen walking in a store at the Westgate Mall during the four-day-long siege in Nairobi, Kenya, that killed more than 60 people last month.(Photo: AP)
A team of Navy SEALs raided an al-Shabab militant group in Somalia in a daring predawn attack, the New York Times and NBC News reported Saturday.
The raid was in response to an al-Shabab attack on a Nairobi shopping mall two weeks ago. Al-Shabab, a militant Islamic group, has claimed responsibility for the action, which killed at least 67 people.
Sources told NBC News and The Guardian newspaper in the U.K. that the raid was in pursuit of a "high-value target," but neither news outlet named the targeted person nor said if they were caught.
The Guardian reported that a Somali official said the target was a "high-profile foreign leader in al-Shabab," possibly a Chechen.
Pentagon spokesman George Little declined to comment on the raid when reached by the Guardian.
The Times reported that the SEALs raided a seaside villa where al-Shabab members were staying, in the Somali town of Baraawe. The firefight lasted more than an hour. Somali officials told the newspaper that the government had been informed of the raid.
One al-Shabab spokesman told the Guardian that the raid had involved special forces from the United Kingdom and Turkey but British officials denied the claim.
An al-Shabab spokesman told the paper that one fighter had been killed in the attack but that the American assault had been beaten back. The condition of the SEAL team is unknown.
U.S. officials have been concerned that al-Shabab might attempt attacks in the United States and have sought to weaken the group.
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