THE
US has carried out an air strike against
members of a suspected al- Qaeda cell in a
village in southern Somalia.The targets
were reported to have been tracked by
aerial reconnaissance and then attacked by
a US gunship launched from a US military
base in Djibouti. The US believes al-Qaeda
operatives held responsible for the 1998
bombings of US embassies in East Africa
have been hiding in Somalia.
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