Bargal

11.28638888888951.076944444444Koordinaten: 11 ° 17 ' N, 51 ° 5' O

Bargaal (also Bargal written ) is a town in northeastern Somalia with about 7000 inhabitants.

It is isolated on the coast in mountainous area in the region of Bari, which is part of the de facto autonomous Puntland. From the mid-19th century to the beginning of the 20th century Bargaal was the center of the dominions of the Sultanate Majerteen.

On June 1, 2007, a U.S. warship took suspected al -Qaeda targets in Bargaal under attack. Previously had arrived to 35 foreign fighters with fast boats from southern Somalia in the area on May 30 and would have delivered a dozen fights with local troops. These military actions, according to the regional government of Puntland, a dozen people were killed, including at least six Islamists from the UK, the U.S., Sweden, Pakistan and Yemen; on the part of the government were five soldiers were injured, and the Islamists were defeated.

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  • Tages-Anzeiger Online: Somalia: U.S. attack against Al- Qaeda
  • BBC News: U.S. attacks Somali ' militant base'
  • BBC News: ' Foreign fighters ' in Somalia
  • Yahoo! News: Report: U.S. hits militants ' Somali base
  • Location in Somalia
  • Place in Africa
Bari (Somalia)
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