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| Air raid 'kills Somali militants' | Air raid 'kills Somali militants' |
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| The head of an al-Qaeda-linked group in Somalia has been killed in an air strike, according to reports. | The head of an al-Qaeda-linked group in Somalia has been killed in an air strike, according to reports. |
| The pre-dawn attack reportedly targeted the house of Aden Hashi Ayrow - head of the Islamist al-Shabab group - in the central town of Dusamareb. | |
| An unknown number of other militants were also killed, reports say. | An unknown number of other militants were also killed, reports say. |
| Al-Shabab - considered a terrorist organisation by the US - is the military wing of the Somali sharia courts movement ousted in 2006. | Al-Shabab - considered a terrorist organisation by the US - is the military wing of the Somali sharia courts movement ousted in 2006. |
| "It is true that infidel planes bombed Dusamareb," Mukhtar Robow Adumansur, an al-Shabab commander, told Reuters news agency. | |
| "Two of our important people, including Aden Hashi Ayrow, were killed in the incident." | |
| Residents said four planes fired two missiles at around 0200 local time (2300GMT Wednesday), totally destroying the house. | |
| Al-Shabab has been at the forefront of a guerrilla insurgency against the government and its Ethiopian allies since early 2007. | |
| The US has launched several air strikes against suspected extremist targets in Somalia in recent months. |