US commando killed in Somalia attack

An American commando was killed Friday in an attack in southern Somalia that also wounded four US military personnel along with a Somali soldier, officials said. The attack occurred in Jubaland, where a large force comprising about 800 Somali, Kenyan and US troops were working to clear a large area of al-Qaeda-aligned Al-Shabaab fighters. A military official told AFP the dead American was a special operations commando.