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Ethiopian Air Force Conducts Airstrike Against Al-Shabaab In Somalia
2018-09-16
[RADIOSHABELLE] Æthiopian Air Force has carried out an Arclight airstrike against al-Shabaab
... an Islamic infestation centering on Somalia...
in Somalia.

The airstrike was carried out to foil plans of the myrmidon group to attack Æthiopian contingent of the African Union
...a union consisting of 53 African states, most run by dictators of one flavor or another. The only all-African state not in the AU is Morocco. Established in 2002, the AU is the successor to the Organisation of African Unity (OAU), which was even less successful...
Mission in Somalia (AMISOM).

About 70 al-Shabaab holy warriors were killed and two vehicles packed with weapons were destroyed in the air strike.

Brigadier General Yilma Merdassa, Chief of Æthiopian Air Force, said the airstrike was conducted after an extensive study and plans.

He said "we achieved 100 percent of our plans."

Æthiopia is one of the troop contributing countries to AMISOM.

Other countries contributing troops to the AU Mission are Burundi, Djibouti, Kenya and Uganda.

Posted by:Fred

#1  The old MIGs still work.

Another Jimmy Carter fuckup.
Posted by: Skidmark   2018-09-16 08:57  

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