Al-Shabaab Attacks U.S. Military Base, EU Convoy in Somalia
The U.S. Army Balidoogle base.
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Al-Shabaab, an al-Qaeda-linked militant group in the Horn of Africa, attacked a U.S. military base near Somalia’s capital, Mogadishu, and detonated a car bomb targeting a European Union military convoy.
“We are aware that the al-Shabaab militants detonated two car bombs at the U.S. army base in Balidoogle area today,” Abdirahman Muse Ali, a Somalia army officer, said by phone. “Armed fighters also attacked the base from different directions.”