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03-03-08, 08:00 AM
Pentagon launches airstrike in Somalia
By Pauline Jelinek - The Associated Press
Posted : Monday Mar 3, 2008 8:20:59 EST

WASHINGTON — Pentagon officials say the U.S. launched an airstrike in Somalia to go after a terrorist suspect.

In the strike early Monday, Somali police said three missiles hit a Somali town held by Islamic extremists, destroying a home and seriously injuring eight people.

A Pentagon official said the U.S. military was going after an al-Qaida suspect in the town. As yet, there is no word on whether the suspect was hit. The official spoke on condition of anonymity because the official was not authorized to speak publicly about the strike.

The strike follows one last year in which the U.S. shelled suspected al-Qaida targets in Somalia.

Ellie