US Airstrike Wiped Out Al-Shabab Camp, Intel Officials Say

Somali intelligence officials say the largest U.S. military airstrike against al-Shabab extremists in Somalia in nearly a year largely destroyed a training camp where recruits were preparing to graduate and killed more fighters than the U.S. announced. Two officials tell The Associated Press that several missiles were fired on Friday by two unmanned U.S. drones. Some of the freshly trained al-Shabab recruits were "burnt beyond recognition" and the death toll exceeds 75, one...

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