青年黨襲擊索馬里哨所，一名美軍士兵喪生

One U.S. special operations soldier is dead and four wounded after al-Qaida linked militants attacked an outpost still under construction Friday in southwestern Somalia.

Friday's attack, about 50 kilometers north of the port city of Kismayo, came as U.S. forces were helping Somali and Kenyan troops construct the outpost, part of a multi-day mission to help clear the area of militants with the al Shabab terror group, according to U.S. military officials.

Witnesses said the attack took place while the U.S. Somali and Kenyan troops were digging trenches and setting up other defenses. They said the militants first set off a series of explosions before targeting the forces with heavy gunfire and mortar rounds

Despite the attack, U.S. officials say the Somali and Kenyan forces were able to complete the outpost, and that the Somali government will be able to use it to push al Shabab from the region.

The death of the U.S. soldier in Somalia is the second in the last two years.索馬里西南地區一座還在建造中的哨所星期五受到與基地組織有聯繫的激進分子襲擊，一名美國特種兵喪生，4人受傷。

襲擊事件發生在索馬里港口城市基斯馬尤以北大約50公里的地方。美國軍隊在那裏幫助索馬里政府軍和肯尼亞軍隊建造哨所。美國軍方官員說，這是在該地區清剿青年黨激進分子的一個數日行動的一部分。

目擊者說，美國、索馬里和肯尼亞軍隊在挖溝和設置其它障礙時發生了襲擊。他們說，激進分子先引爆了一系列炸彈，然後用重武器和迫擊炮向三國軍人開火。

美國官員說，儘管發生了襲擊，但是索馬里和肯尼亞軍隊完成了哨所的修建，索馬里政府將能利用這個哨所把青年黨驅趕出這個地區。

這是兩年來在索馬里喪生的第二名美國軍人。