MOGADISHU – Somalia’s government said on Wednesday it had requested a U.S. air strike that killed scores of suspected militants to help pave the way for an upcoming ground offensive against Islamist group al Shabaab. The U.S. military’s Africa Command (Africom) said on Tuesday it had killed more than 100 of the al Qaeda-linked insurgents in the strike on a camp 125 miles (200 km) northwest of the capital Mogadishu.
Qoraal ka soo baxay xafiiska ciidamada Mareynkanka ee Africa (Africom) ayaa lagu sheegay in ciidamada Mareynkanka oo kaashanaya kuwa dowladda federaalka ah ee Soomaaliya duqeyn diyaaradeed ay ka fuliyeen koonfurta Soomaaliya laguna dilay 13-malseehiyo oo ka tirsan Al-Shabaab.