Missile hits Islamic religious bigots in Somalia

Reuters:

A missile strike killed four foreign Islamist militants south of Somalia's capital on Friday, an intelligence official said, a day after the country's prime minister called for foreign air strikes against the al Shabaab rebel group.

Residents reported hearing a large explosion which targeted a car in the early hours of the morning in an area known as 'Kilometre 60', between Mogadishu and the port town of Marka in the insurgent-controlled Lower Shabelle region.

"A very senior Egyptian was killed. Three Kenyans and a Somali also died," a senior intelligence officer who declined to be named told Reuters.

The al Qaeda-backed militants confirmed a missile strike in Kilometre 60 on a website but said it was not clear if the dead were its fighters or civilians.

Somalis in central and southern Somalia regularly report drones and warplanes flying overhead. While the United States never comments officially on drone strikes in Somalia, Washington has authorised covert operations in the Horn of Africa nation in the past.

At a London conference on Thursday aimed at energising attempts to end more than 20 years of anarchy in Somalia, U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said air strikes on areas of Somalia controlled by al Shabaab would "not be a good idea".

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It must have seemed like a good idea to someone, probably working with the CIA.  I am not sure why Clinton would not want to kill our enemies in Shabaab.  In reading the third paragraph above it appears that five were killed although the lead says only four were killed.  I think the specific usually overrules the general so I will go with five for now.