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Unreleased DoD Report Concludes Allies Accidentally Hit In Somalia By Drone Strike

November 11 2016

USA

A Pentagon investigation, which has not been made public, has concluded that a U.S. drone strike in September that targeted Al-Shabaab militants in Somalia accidentally hit members of an allied regional force, reports the Washington Post.

On Sept. 28, security forces from the Puntland semi-autonomous region, accompanied by U.S. military advisers, were sent to investigate a "suspicious group" in the Galkayo region believed to be Al-Shabaab fighters.

The unit came under fire...

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