US strike al-Shabab jihadists during meeting, says Somali officials

By Abdi Sheikh and Craig Whitlock
Updated September 3 2014 - 12:13pm, first published 11:21am

An air strike by US military forces struck an area where leaders of Somalia's al-Qaeda-linked militants were meeting, intelligence sources said on Tuesday, but it was unclear whether any insurgent commanders were killed.

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