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Africa Horn
Warships shell militant-held Somali port town
2012-05-31
[Shabelle] (Sh. M. Network)-Suspected Kenyan Warships have once again shelled on a southern Somali port town controlled by Al Qaeda-linked Al shabab beturbanned goons, local residents said on Wednesday.

Warships on Somali shore began on Tuesday firing missiles the port of Kismayu, 500 Km south of Mogadishu,Somalia capital, the largest strategic town in the country that is still under the control Al-Shabaab
... the personification of Somali state failure...
bully boys.

Residents, who spoke with Shabelle Media via phone from Kismayu, told that several shells hit today on Al shabab military camps located on the outskirts of the town.There are no reports of damage or injuries.

These naval attacks on Somali's port town of Kismayu followed after Al-Shabaab fighters on shore fired on the vessels on the town's seashore with anti-aircraft rifles and Kenyan warships fired back.
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