U.S. military conducts operation in Somalia, Pentagon says- Joseph Katinas

(CNN) -- U.S. military forces conducted an operation Monday against the Al-Shabaab network in Somalia, Pentagon press secretary Rear Adm. John Kirby said. "We are assessing the results of the operation and will provide additional information as and when appropriate," he said. No other information was available immediately. The Pentagon did not state who was targeted, where in Somalia the operation took place nor why the operation was happening now. The United States designated Al-Shabaab, an al Qaeda-linked militant group, as a foreign terrorist organization in March 2008. It has targeted Al-Shabaab leaders in Somalia at least twice in the past years. Also Monday, the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) announced that military forces had liberated many important towns from the terrorists' control, in the Middle Shabelle and Hiiran regions. "The Somali National Army supported by AMISOM forces have faced little resistance from their advancement as al-Shabaab simply melted away when they heard the aligned forces are approaching," the mission said in a written statement. The developments come just one day after Al-Shabaab fighters disguised in government military uniforms came to the gate of a high security prison in Mogadishu, set off a car bomb and then fired their way into the building. During the assault on the National Intelligence and Security Agency prison, two civilians and three security guards were murdered and 15 others were injured, Security Ministry spokesman Mohamed Yusuf told CNN. The NISA prison is underground and is near the Somali presidential palace in Mogadishu. Hundreds of inmates, mostly Al-Shabaab members, are being kept at the location. This article makes me feel angry. I am a big supporter of world peace and I don't understand why we can't come to a peaceful solution with this. I find it curious that there wasn't much information available at the time. Source http://www.cnn.com/2014/09/01/world/africa/somalia-us-operation/index.html?hpt=hp_t1