Mogadishu,(insidesomalia.org)- Sheikh Mukhtar Robow, the Spokesman of Al-Shabaab Islamic Group has condemned on Tuesday A U.S. missile strike Monday against suspected terrorists in Dobley a remote village of southern Somalia killed at least six people and wounded 10, witnesses and local leaders said.

Sheikh Mukhtar whose forces took control of Diinsor District of southern regions of Bay and Bakol in Somalia twice with in two months said the US attack was irritating and stimulating against Islam.

"We will fight against the barbaric and cowardly act of United States against innocent civilians in Dobley" said Sheikh Mukhtar known as Abu Mansoor.

ATomahawk cruise missile was launched from a U.S. submarine off the coast of the African nation, U.S. official.

"The United States is going to go after Al Qaeda and Al Qaeda-affiliated operatives wherever we find them," National Security Council spokesman Gordon Johndroe said aboard Air Force One as President Bush returned to Washington from Texas.

"The attack was related to the visit of Turki on Sunday, but what they bombarded was a civilian place, not a military base," said Mahmoud Sheik, a resident of Dobley.

Local elders said Turki was in Dobley, which is about five miles from the Kenyan border, to mediate a dispute between his militias and government troops, which have been fighting for control of the area.

Since then, the militants have shifted underground, launching an insurgency that has killed hundreds of Somalis and displaced 600,000.

Somali Government did not haste to comment on the US air strike in Dobley.

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