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| US drone 'shot down over Somalia' | US drone 'shot down over Somalia' |
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| Islamist insurgents say they have shot down an unmanned US spy drone off the coast of southern Somalia. | |
| An al-Shabab official said the drone had been hit by anti-aircraft fire and had fallen into the Indian Ocean near the port of Kismayo. | |
| The claims could not be independently verified. | The claims could not be independently verified. |
| US forces last month launched a helicopter raid in southern Somalia and said they had killed a senior al-Qaeda suspect who was working with al-Shabab. | US forces last month launched a helicopter raid in southern Somalia and said they had killed a senior al-Qaeda suspect who was working with al-Shabab. |
| "The suspected US aircraft had been flying in Kismayo airspace for days before being shot down two miles north-east of the town on Monday morning," the Islamist official said. | "The suspected US aircraft had been flying in Kismayo airspace for days before being shot down two miles north-east of the town on Monday morning," the Islamist official said. |
| "It fell into the water and our fighters are trying to locate it." | "It fell into the water and our fighters are trying to locate it." |
| Al-Shabab and other Islamist groups control much of southern Somalia, while the UN-backed government only controls a few parts of the capital Mogadishu. | |
| US forces have long been working against Somalia's Islamist groups from their military base in Djibouti, north-west of Somalia. |