Somalia: Al Shabaab Warns UK Troops of Welcome 'With Bullets'

Somalia's Shabaab Islamists have threatened to "welcome with bullets" British soldiers due to be deployed in support of an African Union force. British Prime Minister David Cameron said last month that up to 70 troops would be sent to Somalia to support soldiers of the African Union Mission in Somalia (Amisom) without giving a date.

"We have been getting media information that the Christian government of Britain is sending forces to Somalia to strengthen the invading infidel forces already on the ground," said Shabaab spokesperson Sheikh Ali Mohamud Rage late on Tuesday on an Islamist radio station.

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