Bargal raid

Bargal raid

Infobox Military Conflict
conflict=Battle of Bargal
partof=the War in Somalia (2006–present)
date=May 31 –– June 3, 2007


place=around Bargal, Somalia
caption=
result=U.S./Puntland victory
combatant1=
combatant2=
flag|USA
commander1=
commander2=
strength1=12-35 insurgents
strength2=Puntland Militia
1 US Destroyer
casualties1=12 killed
casualties2=5 militia injured

The Bargal raid occurred in June 2007 around the village of Bargal in the northern province of Bari, in the semi-autonomous region of Puntland.

On May 30, between 12 to 35 heavily armed Islamist fighters arrived in two fishing boats from southern Somalia and clashed with local troops. On June 1, a US Navy warship, the USS "Chafee", shelled hills around Bargal where Islamist militants were reported to have set up a base. US reports suggest the target was an al-Qaeda operative suspected of involvement in the 1998 bombings of US embassies in Kenya and Tanzania.

According to the Puntland regional government, as many as a dozen fighters including Somali militants as well as British nationals, Americans, Swedish, Pakistanis and Yemenis were killed in these operations, and five government troops were injured.

External links

* [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/6714473.stm BBC News: US attacks Somali 'militant base']
* [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/6716725.stm BBC News: 'Foreign fighters' die in Somalia]
* [http://www.puntlandonline.com/viewEnarticle.php?articleid=2731 Yahoo! News: Report: U.S. hits militants' Somali base]

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