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US DENIES SOMALIA MARINE LANDING May 6, 2005
According a widely reported story out of small village in Somaliland (north western Somalia) two boats full of special US Marines landed there and showed villagers pictures of a man they said was a terrorist and wanted by the US.
US military has another version which says the military conducted exercise in neighboring Djibouti but never landed in Somali soil.
Yesterday, in defense department regular briefing, General Conway, currently the Director of Operations on the Joint Staff denied the incident took place. Also Major General Samuel Helland, commander of the Combined Joint Taskforce - Horn of Africa, was quoted by reports as saying "To my knowledge there has been no Marine activity off the coast of Somalia other than the 5th Fleet ships sailing by on their way to Iraq,"