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                 Suspected US Drone Crashes in Southern Somalia

   by VOA News

   A suspected U.S. drone has crashed in southern Somalia.
   Provincial officials and al-Shabab militants say the aircraft crashed
   Tuesday near Bulo Marer in the Lower Shabelle region.

   Lower Shabelle governor Abdikadir Mohamed Nur told VOA's Somali Service
   that al-Shabab militants fired anti-aircraft missiles at the aircraft
   before it crashed.
   Al-Shabab, in a message posted to Twitter, did not claim responsibility
   for the downing of the drone. The group did say it has taken possession
   of the wreckage and moved it to a "safe location."
   Although the United States does not discuss its counter-terrorism
   operations in Somalia, drones have been used to monitor and kill
   suspected al-Shabab fighters.
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