Somalia said Sunday it is "not a secret" it is working with foreign governments to fight terrorist threats, after a US commando raid against Al-Qaeda-linked Shebab militants in the country.
"Our cooperation with international partners on fighting against the terrorism is not a secret," Prime Minister Abdi Farah Shirdo said. "Understand me, that fighting is not a secret. And our interest is to get a peaceful Somalia and free from terrorism and problems."
US forces launched a pre-dawn raid against a Shebab leader's home in the southern Somali port of Barawe on Saturday, but failed to capture him.
It was unclear whether he had been killed, but a US official said several Shebab members had been slain.
The operation marked the most significant US assault in Somalia since commandos killed key Al-Qaeda operative Saleh Ali Saleh Nabhan in the same area four years ago.
It followed an attack by Shebab gunmen last month on the upscale Westgate shopping mall in Nairobi that left 67 people dead during a four-day siege.
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