US Africa Command said on Wednesday that it launched multiple airstrikes in Somalia a day earlier that it said targeted ISIS.
The US-backed Mogadishu-based government said the strikes were carried out in the Golis mountains in Puntland, a northern semi-autonomous region in Somalia that is not under the federal government’s control.
Local Puntland forces have been operating against ISIS fighters on the ground in the region and have received air support from the US. AFRICOM said its initial assessment found that “multiple” ISIS operatives were killed by the strikes.
AFRICOM also claimed that it assessed that no civilians were harmed, although the Pentagon is notorious for hiding civilian casualties in Somalia.
The incident marks the third known US airstrike in Somalia in March. The other two that occurred earlier this month targeted al-Shabaab, which has been carrying out an offensive against the federal government in central Somalia.
The recent US airstrikes in Somalia came after President Trump eased restrictions on US airstrikes and special operations raids outside conventional battlefields. US officials said at the time that the step was taken with al-Shabaab in mind.
The US may expand its military presence in Somalia as it is considering recognizing Somaliland as a country in exchange for a naval base. Somaliland acts as an independent state and has a coast on the Gulf of Aden, just across from Yemen, meaning the US could use a base there for operations against the Houthis.
“War! Good God y’all! What is it good for?! Absolutely nothing! Say it again!”…
Never forget….
War is a Racket.
The recent US airstrikes in Somalia came after President Trump eased restrictions on US airstrikes and special operations raids outside conventional battlefields. US officials said at the time that the step was taken with al-Shabaab in mind.
Just like his first term. And he bombed Somalia more than Obama and Bush combined in his first term. But when it's all said and done, no new wars(/s). Just like his first term.
”I met a man from Africa, he came to call my name. He old me there were diamond minds and there that I should go, the streets were paved in gold”…. But in the early morning light the road was long and dark. I could find no one that I know in such a place of desolation”….
Puntland ! That's a neat name. Sounds like a fan-experience exhibit at an NFL tailgate party.
What? We launched an attack on our guys?
US is only in collaboration with ISIS in West Asia (old ME), Afghanistan and Pakistan… barely in Africa…!
”Angry red, drips from the sky and through the pukish haze emerges, the hideous, grotesque, shape of man: Standing naked, the nature of our beginning!”…djv
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What the f### are we doing in Somalia???? More J## demands?
The horn of Africa is a vital control into the Red Sea. The Italians controlled it and lost it. British controlled it and lost it. If U.S. loses it, its game over.
… And across the gulf is Yemen… ready to contribute to that loss…!
That is correct Commanda.
You’re about at the end of your rope and into “so long, it’s been good to know you” status with the attempts to get around moderation. I’d hate to see you gone, but that’s your choice.
Thomas, I never read your "guidelines" and I can't recall what I might have said to push your button. But, yes I will have to read them now,,also, I would miss you too. 😉
When you mean “Jews” or “Jewish,” say “Jews” or “Jewish,” not “J##,” “J,” etc.
The reason you do the latter is because you know the former will cause your comment to be held for moderation.
Attempting to get around the site’s moderation rules is a violation of the site’s moderation rules.
As for never having read the site’s guidelines, you used to ask what they were, and get a response including them, on a regular basis — and now they are linked from the top of every comment section. If you haven’t read them, that’s because you’ve worked very hard to avoid reading them. But not having read them does not magically make you exempt from them.
Thomas, thanks for the info. You are very wrong "that I have worked very hard to avoid them". I do the Jew thing out of habit from having to do it on so many other sites and also here to avoid this very site from some outside problems because I like this site very much. As to your moderation I always figured it was very relaxed as to what , if anything, pissed you off from postings I have seen in the past. This surely is not an AIPAC, Israel, friendly site, I am sure you agree.
Thomas, I hope that my strong stance against Open Borders, and your strong opposite stance, has not colored this threat towards me when, as I have said, I did it to protect this site from external attack. 🙂
Jay,
One thing you never have to worry about here is pissing me off.
First of all, after 15 years or so here, that’s nearly impossible.
Second, whether or not I’m pissed off is irrelevant to my role as moderator. All I do is enforce the site’s guidelines as best I can. Sometimes that means deleting comments I agree with, and it ALWAYS means leaving comments I DISagree with in place unless they violate those rules.
Thomas, thanks for the reply. 🙂
Bullsh!t. This amounts to fake news, propaganda. ISIS is on the payroll, why would they kill them?