In Somalia, the U.S. commando operation thwarted women and children

In the United States became known causes of failure that befell them in a recent raid to capture militants in Somalia known Abdikadir Mohamed Abdikadir ( Ikrimat ) , which has been implicated in the organization of a number of terrorist attacks , including the U.S. embassy in Nairobi in 1998 . As the TV channel CBS, the cause of failure raid, which performed " seals " in Barave , were women and children.

The commandos were calculated to catch militants by surprise , so at least 20 U.S. soldiers early Saturday morning landed near Barave in a small boat and headed to the camp , which , according to them , had taken refuge Ikrimat , but have been seen .



As one of the participants in the raid channel NBC, one of the houses suddenly a lone gunman , who gave no sign that he saw the commandos , calmly smoked a cigarette. Then he went back into the house and came out with a Kalashnikov assault rifle .

Gunfire . Soon after the commandos were under heavy enemy fire. In the home, they are sometimes seen Ikrimat , but could not do anything to get closer to their goal.

Realizing that the element of surprise is lost and take a live action movie does not succeed, the commander of " lions " was going to cause the aircraft to break up the shelter militants from the air. However, there appeared on the battlefield , women and children . The commander of the " lions " was afraid that they might suffer if the operation continues, and ordered his men to retreat.

During the operation, none of the commandos was injured. It is believed that one or two militants were wounded or killed. Officials , having examined the report of a special operation , the commander of the decision recognized " seal " proper , reasoning that in fact the militants have used civilians as "human shields" .

However, the U.S. does not recognize past security operation failed . "This is not a failure - we proved that we can get to everyone", - the press -service of the Pentagon.

Earlier it was reported that the operation involved the same commando unit , which in 2011 destroyed the leader of " Al Qaeda " Osama bin Laden. "After the success of all decided that the capture of terrorists - it's easy. But we know that's not true ," - said a source in the U.S. Army .