The assault on Mogadishu's Ambassador Hotel came hours after Somali officials said a top commander of militant group al-Shabab was killed in a late-night military operation.

对摩加迪沙“大使酒店”的突袭发生几小时前，索马里官员表示，激进组织青年党的一位最高指挥官在一次深夜军事行动中被击毙。

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A former commander of France's elite hostage rescue unit criticised the police assault as "badly prepared and risky".

一位前法国人质解救小组的指挥官，这样批评说：缺乏准备，盲目而轻率。

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Vladislav Achlov, former commander of the Airborne Assault Forces (known by the acronym VDV), had been appointed to fill it.

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Calvin Worth, commander of 1st Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment, the main assault force.

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