Turkey denied on Sunday that its forces were involved in an assault in Somalia by US commandos against a suspected military leader of the Islamist Shabaab group.
"We deny these allegations completely," a foreign ministry spokesman told AFP.
US Navy Seals stormed two militant targets inAfrica on Saturday, snatching a top al-Qaida suspect in the Libyan capital Tripoli and raiding a Shabaab leader's home in the Somalian port of Barawe.
The action in Somalia came two weeks after the siege by al-Qaida linked Shabaab fighters at the Westgate shopping mall in Nairobi which left at least 67 people dead.
The raid in Barawe failed to capture the wanted militant and it was unclear whether he had been killed, but a US official said several Shabaab operatives had been slain.
Shabaab spokesman Abdulaziz Abu Musab told AFP that the "failed" beach assault had been led by Britain and Turkey.
London has also denied any involvement.
"We deny these allegations completely," a foreign ministry spokesman told AFP.
US Navy Seals stormed two militant targets inAfrica on Saturday, snatching a top al-Qaida suspect in the Libyan capital Tripoli and raiding a Shabaab leader's home in the Somalian port of Barawe.
The action in Somalia came two weeks after the siege by al-Qaida linked Shabaab fighters at the Westgate shopping mall in Nairobi which left at least 67 people dead.
The raid in Barawe failed to capture the wanted militant and it was unclear whether he had been killed, but a US official said several Shabaab operatives had been slain.
Shabaab spokesman Abdulaziz Abu Musab told AFP that the "failed" beach assault had been led by Britain and Turkey.
London has also denied any involvement.
Credits: timesofindia
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