Somalia: US military carries out airstrike killed Al-Shabab fighter

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MOGADISHU, Somalia -  A U.S. military airstrike in Somalia has killed an al-Shabab fighter and wounded another, the U.S. Africa Command said Friday, as the fight picks up against Al shabaab, Africa's deadliest Islamic extremist group, Garowe Online reports.

The U.S. statement said the strike was carried out Thursday near Barawe town in southern Somalia's Lower Shabelle region.

At least one missile struck a location outside Barawe that the extremists often use to launch attacks on the government-held town, a Somali intelligence official said. He declined to give further details.

The official spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to speak to the media.

Al-Shabab "has cemented its control of southern and central Somalia" and used the area to "plot and direct terror attacks, steal humanitarian aid and to shelter other radical terrorists," the U.S. statement said.

Source: AP + GO

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