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The US reported that it had conducted a \u201cself-defense strike\u201d against al Shabaab in coordination with the Federal Government of Somalia in a press release<\/a> published on September 7th.<\/p>\n

It said the strike hit near Gobanale and had resulted in the deaths of two al Shabaab militants.<\/p>\n

The press release reported that during a Somali-led counter-terrorism operation, multiple al Shabaab fighters had approached the force, and that US personnel conducted the action.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","country":[436],"belligerent":[430],"strike_type":[431,439],"cause_of_death":[448],"targeted_belligerents":[488],"strike_status":[831],"civilian_harm_reported":[835],"civilian_harm_status":[],"belligerent_assessment":[868],"geolocation_assessor":[],"declassified_document":[900],"geolocation_status":[920],"observation":[],"munition":[],"casualty":[],"impact":[],"documentation":[],"citation":[],"geolocation_observation":[],"protected_persons":[],"infrastructure":[],"infrastructure_affiliation":[],"infrastructure_declared_target":[],"infrastructure_destruction":[],"profession":[],"class_list":["post-53706","civ","type-civ","status-publish","hentry","country-somalia","belligerent-us-forces","strike_type-airstrike","strike_type-counter-terrorism-action-ground","cause_of_death-heavy-weapons-and-explosive-munitions","targeted_belligerents-al-shabaab","strike_status-declared-strike","civilian_harm_reported-no","belligerent_assessment-not-yet-assessed","declassified_document-no","geolocation_status-unassigned"],"acf":{"latitude":3.12222,"longitude":44.76507,"geolocation_accuracy":"village","multiple_location_incident":null,"geolocations":[{"latitude":3.12222,"longitude":44.76507,"geolocation_accuracy":"village","primary_coordinate":true}],"geojson":null,"show_geolocation_caption":false,"geojson_caption":"","media_geolocation":null,"geolocation_notes":"Reports of the incident mention the village of Gobanala (or Gobanle), for which the generic coordinates are: 3.12222, 44.76507. 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