The Ugandan Army has reported a 24-hour operation against an al-Shabaab base in southern Somalia, claiming they’d killed 189 militants and destroyed the base. They said no Ugandan troops sustained casualties and denied any civilian deaths.
That is one of the largest death tolls of the entire African Union (AU) campaign in Somalia. The figure can’t be confirmed, but it is a shockingly large amount with no civilian casualties. That they overran an entire base next to a village and killed no villagers seems almost impossible to believe.
Uganda has been an active part of the AU operation in Somalia, but rarely has taken the lead in big operations like this. Their close proximity to Somalia means that they have long feared spill-over violence from southern Somalia.
Uganda also claimed relative security in this part of Somalia, despite inflicting huge casualties there, saying it was peaceful enough for Somali farmers to carry out their harvests.
Bullsh*t. The Ugandan Army have a storied history of terrorism that makes al-Shabab look like Shalamar.
very likely true
Ugandan troops have vast experience eradicating extremist lord’s resistance army and islamic terrorists in cooperation w S Sudan, CAR, Congo, Somalia