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| Islamist town 'bombed' in Somalia | Islamist town 'bombed' in Somalia |
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| An Islamist-held town in southern Somalia has been hit by three missiles, fired by a US plane, local elders say. | An Islamist-held town in southern Somalia has been hit by three missiles, fired by a US plane, local elders say. |
| Abdullahi Sheikh Duale said that four civilians had been killed in Dhoble, near the Kenyan border. | Abdullahi Sheikh Duale said that four civilians had been killed in Dhoble, near the Kenyan border. |
| A spokesman for Islamist insurgents backed up the claims, reports the AFP news agency but there has been no comment from the US authorities. | A spokesman for Islamist insurgents backed up the claims, reports the AFP news agency but there has been no comment from the US authorities. |
| The US bombed Somalia a year ago, trying to target Islamist leaders and terror suspects as they fled Mogadishu. | The US bombed Somalia a year ago, trying to target Islamist leaders and terror suspects as they fled Mogadishu. |
| Senior Islamist official Hassan Turki had visited the town on Sunday, reports the AP news agency. | Senior Islamist official Hassan Turki had visited the town on Sunday, reports the AP news agency. |
| "We woke up with a loud and big bang and when we came out we found our neighbour's house completely obliterated as if no house existed here," local resident Fatuma Abdullahi told AP. | "We woke up with a loud and big bang and when we came out we found our neighbour's house completely obliterated as if no house existed here," local resident Fatuma Abdullahi told AP. |
| Islamist spokesman Sheikh Mukhtar Robow said the US was trying to hit Islamist hideouts in the area. | Islamist spokesman Sheikh Mukhtar Robow said the US was trying to hit Islamist hideouts in the area. |
| The Islamists took control of the town last week. | The Islamists took control of the town last week. |
| They were ousted from the capital, Mogadishu in December 2006 by government forces, backed up by Ethiopia, with some intelligence from the US. | They were ousted from the capital, Mogadishu in December 2006 by government forces, backed up by Ethiopia, with some intelligence from the US. |
| The US has an anti-terror task force based in nearby Djibouti. | |
| It accused the Somali Islamists of harbouring those responsible for the 1998 attacks on its embassies in Kenyan and Tanzania. |