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Buulo Mareer

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Bulo Marer
Town
Country Somalia
RegionLower Shebelle
Time zoneUTC+3 (EAT)

Bulo Marer ([Buulo Mareer] Error: {{Lang-xx}}: text has italic markup (help)), also written as Bulomarer, is a town in the southwestern Lower Shebelle region of Somalia. It includes a base of Al-Shabaab, the Somalia-based cell of the militant Islamist group al-Qaeda.[1]

It was the site of an ill-fated 2013 French military operation during which commandos attempted to free a French hostage held by Al-Shabaab since 2009.

References

  1. ^ French soldier killed in raid to free hostage in Somalia, Associated Press, January 12, 2013.


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