Badel, Somalia

Badel is a small village in Somalia. In 2007, it was the target of an attack on al-Qaeda by American forces.{{cite news |title=US strikes at al Qaeda in Somalia |url=http://www.nzherald.co.nz/world/news/article.cfm?c_id=2&objectid=10418449 |quote=The target was a small village called Badel where the terrorists were hiding. |work=The New Zealand Herald |date=Jan 10, 2007 |access-date=2014-08-22 }}{{Cite web |last= |title=Somali bishop questions prudence of US air strikes |url=https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/8360/somali-bishop-questions-prudence-of-us-air-strikes |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230601215032/https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/8360/somali-bishop-questions-prudence-of-us-air-strikes |archive-date=2023-06-01 |access-date=2024-08-02 |website=Catholic News Agency |language=en}}