...... the Islamic version of the old Somali warlord...
Lions of Islam within Somalia, just over two months after President Joe
The Big GuyBiden
...46th president of the U.S. We get to suffer the consequences. So does Afghanistan, aka Biden's Bungle...authorized in May the redeployment of soldiers to the Horn of Africa nation which is battling instability.
Since the beginning of 2020, the US military scaled down operations within the country following the unprecedented withdrawal of the soldiers after the order was issued by former President Donald Trump
...dictatorial for repealing some (but not all) of the diktats of his predecessor, misogynistic because he likes pretty girls, homophobic because he doesn't think gender bending should be mandatory, truly a man for all seasons......
. Close to 700 servicemen were withdrawn.
In a statement on Monday, the US Africa Command confirmed that it carried
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KABOOM!...
s against the Lions of Islam in Somalia’s Jubaland state on Sunday, killing two Death Eaters. AFRICOM said the operation was conducted after the Lions of Islam attacked partner [Somali] forces near Libikus, northwest of Kismayo
...a port city in the southern Lower Juba province of Somalia, at the extreme southern end of the country (always assuming Somalia can be called a country). It is the commercial capital of the autonomous Jubaland region....
"The command's initial assessment is that two al-Shabaab bad boyz were potted in action and that no civilian was injured. These efforts contrast the indiscriminate attacks that al-Shabaab conduct regularly," read the statement from the US Africa Command.
"The federal government of Somalia and the United States remain committed to fighting al-Shabaab to prevent attacks targeting civilians," the statement added as the US pledged to ensure the al-Shabaab Lions of Islam are defeated in their own war.
In recent years, the US has scaled down attacks in Somalia targeting the al-Shabaab Lions of Islam but the military insisted it's set to continue partnering with allied forces to defeat the group. Already, a number of soldiers from the US have been deployed to Somalia.
Besides helping with air surveillance, the US Africa Command has been helping with training and equipping of the Danab Special Forces, a unit within the Somali National Army. More often than not, the Danab Special Forces have been helping in the fight against al-Shabaab.