Al-Shabaab has said a February 15 US drone strike in southern Somalia that targeted the group killed two Cuban doctors who were being held hostage, an allegation Cuba is trying to confirm.
US Africa Command did not announce the strike but released a statement after the allegations about the two Cubans surfaced, saying it was assessing the strike. “The command will continue to assess the results of this operation and will provide additional information as available,” said AFRICOM spokeswoman Lennea Montandon.
The doctors, Dr. Landy Rodriguez Hernandez and Dr. Assel Herrera Correa, were kidnapped by al-Shabaab in Kenya back in 2019. Cuba’s Minister of Public Health José Ángel Portal Miranda said the Cuban government is in contact with their families and is looking to verify the claim.
The US frequently launches drone strikes against al-Shabaab in Somalia, but the war gets very little media coverage, and US operations are shrouded in secrecy. AFRICOM is also known for undercounting civilian casualties.
Earlier in the month, AFRICOM reported a drone strike that occurred on February 9 that it claims killed two al-Shabaab fighters. The command said the strike was launched in support of the US-backed Mogadishu-based government, which has been fighting a ground campaign against al-Shabaab.
The US is stepping up military aid for the Somali government and recently signed a deal to build five new military bases for the Danab Brigade, a special unit of the Somali army that’s armed and trained by the US. According to Task & Purpose, the project will cost over $100 million.
The US military hypes the threat of al-Shabaab due to its size and al-Qaeda affiliation, but it’s widely believed the group does not have ambitions outside of Somalia.
Al-Shabaab was born out of a US-backed Ethiopian invasion in 2006 that toppled the Islamic Courts Union, a coalition of Muslim groups who briefly held power in Mogadishu after ousting CIA-backed warlords.
Al-Shabaab was the radical offshoot of the Islamic Courts Union. The group’s first recorded attack was in 2007, and it wasn’t until 2012 that al-Shabaab pledged loyalty to al-Qaeda after years of fighting the US and its proxies.
Not a single comment. Is it the us military that doesn’t care or those who profess themselves antiwar who regard it none.
It’s about timing of when the articles are published.
I don’t tune in until most of the articles have already been commented on. So, like ED said, it’s about timing.
Why does the US keep bombing Somalia? as far as I know their main resource are sheep and goats, which they export a lot of to the Gulf. Unless there is some oil or rare earth minerals hiding under those farms.
Somalia is more than that but start by asking Somalia’s neighboring countries.
A bunch of articles under this search:
https://blackagendareport.com/search?key=Somalia
US Government Turns Somalia Into Failed State to Steal Its Oil
https://blackagendareport.com/us-government-turns-somalia-failed-state-steal-its-oil
google = Somalia has untapped reserves of numerous natural resources, including uranium, iron ore, tin, gypsum, bauxite, copper, salt and natural gas.
as of today the US is the leading exporter of nat gas. i think that Russia is #2.
so financially it might be prudent for uncle sam to eff up Somalia’s natural gas output. as well as Russia’s nat gas output.
furthermore there are huge copper mines in the US so maybe Somalia was literally born with the misfortune to be located on such “untapped reserves”.
never underestimate uncle sam.
google = Somalia has untapped reserves of numerous natural resources, including uranium, iron ore, tin, gypsum, bauxite, copper, salt and natural gas.
as of today the US is the leading exporter of nat gas. i think that Russia is #2.
so financially it might be prudent for uncle sam to fuck up Somalia’s natural gas output. as well as Russia’s nat gas output.
furthermore there are huge copper mines in the US so maybe Somalia was literally born with the misfortune to be located on such “untapped reserves”.
never underestimate uncle sam.
edit) = hey moderator Knapp, please remove this comment because i said the F word but i replaced this comment with another minus the F word
Killing hostages and civilians is the way of the west, so it seems. Another corrupt government installed by the US creating havoc, chaos and death, which creates “terrorists”, who the US bombs and further destroys the people, whoda thunk it?
The US military hypes the threat of al-Shabaab due to its size and al-Qaeda affiliation, but it’s widely believed the group does not have ambitions outside of Somalia.
While never admitting that it doesn’t matter if they have ambitions outside of Somalia. The US, the most powerful nation on the planet, that can’t subdue the likes of the Taliban wants us to believe that al shabob, or whatever the fuck, is going to create a caliphate capable of storming our shores. As the great wise man Elmer Fudd once said: Be “vewy vewy afwaid”.