U.S. Navy SEALs have conducted raids in Somalia and Libya targeting Islamist militants. (Photo: Reuters)
US special forces have carried out two separate raids in Somalia and Libya targeting senior Islamist militants, American officials say.
A Navy Seals team had targeted a senior leader of the al-Shabab Islamist group in the Somalian town of Barawe.
In a separate operation, US forces captured Nazih Abdul-Hamed al-Ruqai – better known as Anas al-Libi – who was wanted over the 1998 bombings of US embassies in Kenya and Tanzania.
Read more at BBC.
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Related:
U.S. Raids in Libya and Somalia Strike Terror Targets (The New York Times)
Somalia: Al-Shabab militant base attacked (BBC News)
Military Strike Targets Somalia Terrorist Safe House (VOA News)
U.S. Raids Terror Targets in Somalia, Libya (The Wall Street Journal)
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