Somali Rebels Say Second French Commando Has Died

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The Islamist militant group al-Shabaab said on Monday that a second commando has died from his wounds following a failed French rescue mission in Somalia intended to free an intelligence officer held hostage since 2009.

“The second commando died from his bullet wounds,” a spokesman for the group told Reuters. “We shall display the bodies of the two Frenchmen.”

Contradicting the French government, al-Shabaab still maintains the intelligence officer, Denis Allex, is alive.

President Obama revealed on Sunday that U.S. forces aided the French raid in a limited capacity. U.S. combat aircraft briefly entered Somali airspace but they did not fire, Obama added.

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