http://worldnews.nbcnews.com/_news/2013/10/05/20833640-navy-seals-raid-al-shabaab-stronghold-in-somalia-capture-high-level-target?liteNavy SEALs raid al Shabaab stronghold in Somalia, capture 'high-level target'
By Jim Miklaszewski, Pete Williams and Robert Windrem , NBC News
U.S. Navy SEALs captured a “high-value target” during a pre-dawn raid Saturday on an al Shabaab stronghold in southern Somalia, striking back at the Islamic militant group blamed for the recent attack on a Kenyan shopping mall, sources tell NBC News.
The sources, speaking on condition of anonymity, would not identify the target of the raid, but one senior US official said, "It was a very good day."
Early reports from the region said there was heavy gunfire during an assault by foreign forces on a building or complex in the southern Somali town of Barawe.
Al Shabaab had claimed responsibility for the terrorist attack on the Westgate shopping mall that killed dozens of people in Nairobi, Kenya, two weeks ago.
The sources said they have no information that any British were involved in the actual raid. Al Shabaab had reported earlier that a British commander and several commandos were killed in the raid conducted by British and Turkish forces. Turkey has denied its forces were involved.