U.S. spy drone crashes in south Somalia: rebel, residents

[The Northerner]

(Reuters) - An unmanned U.S. spy drone has crashed in Somalia's southern port city of Kismayu, a bastion of the al Qaeda-allied al Shabaab Islamist group, a rebel official and residents said.

The incident over the weekend came as residents cited an increase in the frequency of drones flying over Kismayu in the past few weeks.

The U.S. embassy in Nairobi declined to comment immediately.

"This plane was a spy for the American government and by the will of Allah, it crashed near the airport," al Shabaab official Sheikh Ibrahim Guled told Reuters on Monday.

Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/09/26/us-somalia-drone-idUSTRE78P34020110926

[sabrina 1]

1. I just want to say I appreciate all the work you do, Northerner

to bring the news to DU.

I rec'd your post but we seem to have some serial unreccers who if they had their way, but censor the news this country gets. I expect that on the right, but I had hoped we on the left were better than that.

It is a disgrace that we are spying on that country which is in horrific state of disaster right now and does not need our stupid, violent intrusions into their affair. If we can't help save those poor people, I wish we would just leave them alone.

I hope every drone they fly over there crashes. It is especially cruel to be doing this at a time like this. Heartless, stupid and we wonder why people hate us.