At least eight people have been killed and more than 21 others wound in the latest attack by US terror drones in southern Somalia, Press TV reports.The incident happened in Kismayo, a strategically important port city on Somalia's Indian Ocean coast where the largest checkpoint of al-Shabaab
... Harakat ash-Shabaab al-Mujahidin aka the Mujahideen Youth Movement. It was originally the youth movement of the Islamic Courts, now pretty much all of what's left of it. They are aligned with al-Qaeda but operate more like the Afghan or Pakistani Taliban...
fighters has been destroyed on Friday.
A senior al-Shabaab official, Ibrahim Abu Yoonis, identified as Ibrahim Jurus has confirmed the number of casualties.
Earlier in the week, reports from Kismayo situated some 500 kilometers (310 miles) south of capital, Mogadishu, claimed that hundreds of people have fled to other cities, as African Union
...a union consisting of 53 African states, most run by dictators of one flavor or another. The only all-African state not in the AU is Morocco. Established in 2002, the AU is the successor to the Organisation of African Unity (OAU), which was even less successful...
troops build more military bases near the port city to seize control of the area from al-Shaboobs.
Meanwhile,
...back at the revival hall, the SWAT team had finally arrived...
the US military uses remote-controlled drones in Somalia for reconnaissance operations and assassinations.
Washington has been carrying out liquidation attacks using the unmanned aircraft in other countries including Afghanistan, Libya, Pakistain, and Yemen.
The United States claims the CIA-run strikes are aimed at cut-thoats. But witness reports and figures offered by local authorities indicate the attacks have led to massive civilian deaths.