Daring dual terror raids are carried out by U.S. special forces capturing senior al-Qaeda terrorist in Libya and targeting Al-Shabaab's Somalia base in reaction to mall massacre

Navy SEAL Team Six - famous for killing Osama bin Laden - carried out a daring pre-dawn raid Saturday in Somalia targeting al-Shabaab leaders only hours before a separate Delta Force operation which resulted in the capture of a senior al-Qaeda operative in Libya.
The Pentagon has confirmed SEAL Team Six stormed the Somali coastal town of Baraawe, but it is not yet clear whether the commandos killed the 'high-profile' target they were aiming for in retaliation to the Kenyan mall massacre two weeks ago today.
In a separate special forces operation Saturday, Delta Force commandos were successful and captured al-Qaeda terrorist Anas al-Libi off the streets of Tripoli, Libya. Anas al-Libi was wanted for a series of bombings against American interests in the 1990s.

Special ops: Commandos kidnapped Anas al-Libi (left) from a Tripoli street in broad daylight, but Pentagon officials have been unable to confirm if Navy SEALS killed a leader of Al Shabaab. It is known that Ahmed Abdi Godane (right), the leader of the terror group has lived at the base that was targeted

The town of Baraawe, about 110 miles south of Mogadishu, was the last known home of Ahmed Abdi Godane. He is the leader of al-Shabaab, the terror group that claimed responsibility for the attack on a mall in Nairobi that killed more than 60 civilians between September 21 and 24.
American officials and sources representing al-Shabaab both confirmed the firefight. The New York Times, earlier in the day, proclaimed a 'senior unidentified Al-Shabaab leader' dead although security officials would not confirm if this was the case.
An unnamed Somali government official said a Chechen member of the terror group was the target and he was injured and his guard killed in the attack.
According to The Guardian, a Somalian radio station named the rebel as Abu Diyad, also known as Abu Ciyad.
Baraawe police have estimated the number of dead to be seven.
Today U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry has said terrorists 'can run but they can't hide.'
Kerry was speaking about U.S. operations in northern Africa against terrorists factions.
Kerry, the highest-level administration to speak about the operations yet, made his comments at an event at a port for Balinese tuna fishermen. He's in Bali for an economic summit.
'We hope that this makes clear that the United States of America will never stop in the effort to hold those accountable who conduct acts of terror,' Mr Kerry said.
'Members of al-Qaida and other terrorist organisations literally can run but they can't hide.'
Mr Kerry vowed that the US would 'continue to try to bring people to justice in an appropriate way with hopes that ultimately these kinds of activities against everybody in the world will stop'.
SEAL Team Six attacked a beachfront house, where high-level members of al Shabaab were known to stay, exactly two weeks after the Westgate Mall Attack. They approached before dawn, using silencers to drown out their weapons, but the operation soon turned into an open firefight as the Somali combatants engaged them, according to reports.

As many as 12 al-Shabaab fighters were staying there at the time of the assault before heading to a mission abroad. The battle lasted no longer than 20 minutes, according to a US official. There were no American casualties.

An air of uncertainty: An al-Shabaab spokesperson confirmed a terrorist was killed during the raid but would not say who. Above, a stock image of Navy SEALs

After the fight, an al-Shabaab spokesman said it was British and Turkish forces who raided the home, but both countries quickly denied their involvement. US officials have since confirmed Navy SEALS took part in the daring assault.
A spokesperson for the terrorist organization initially reported one member of their group was killed
'Westerners in boats attacked our base at Baraawe beach and one was martyred from our side,” an al-Shabaab spokesman told Reuters.
'No planes or helicopters took part in the fight. The attackers left weapons, medicine and stains of blood, we chased them.'
Al-Shabaab militants tightened their grip on the seaside town soon after the Navy SEALs disappeared from their two-story compound, searching home to home for evidence a spy turned evidence over to Americans, according to witnesses.
'We woke up to find al-Shabab fighters had sealed off the area and their hospital is also inaccessible,' said one witness, adding that 'the town is in a tense mood.'

The SEAL team attacked a beachfront house in the coastal town of Baraawe, which was the last known home of the leader of al Shabab

'We were awoken by heavy gunfire last night, we thought an al Shabaab base at the beach was captured,' another local Sumira Nur said, adding that she heard shells but was not sure where they landed.
This was the first publicly-announced raid by U.S. special ops in Somalia since the rescue of two charity workers from the country in January 2012, after they had been kidnapped by Somali pirates and held hostage for three months.

Hours later the Tripoli raid was aimed at a specific Al-Qaeda target.
Nazih Abdul-Hamed al-Ruqai, known more commonly as Anas al-Libi, was taken from his car by U.S. Army Delta Force commandos while parking after morning prayers, the Pentagon has confirmed.
His sister-in-law described the attack as she saw it from her bedroom window. Three cars closed in on him, foreign-looking commandos smashed the car's window and took hold of his gun before racing away from the scene with the wanted man, she said.
The terrorist 'is currently lawfully detained by the U.S. military in a secure location outside of Libya,' a Pentagon official said.
Anas al-Libi is said by US officials to be a senior member of al-Qaeda. The Federal Bureau of Investigation had a standing $5million bounty for information leading to his capture.
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