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US military's role in ongoing gains against Al-Shabaab in Somalia
2022-09-21
[Garowe] The US military has been critical in the recent gains against al-Shabaab
...... the Islamic version of the old Somali warlord...
hard boyz in southern and central Somalia, the federal government of Somalia has confirmed, further confirming President Joe The Big Guy Biden
...46th president of the U.S. The guy who lost Afghanistan, aka Biden's Bungle...
's commitment to helping the country fight violent mostly peaceful extremism.

In a statement, Somalia's Ministry of Information and Culture confirmed the involvement of the US Africa Command in the operation against al-Shabaab within the Hiiraan region which has significantly yielded fruits based on the numbers of hard boyz who have been killed.

Over 100 al-Shabaab hard boyz have been killed, the statement noted, with Yasoman and Aborey villages being the battlegrounds in the last 22 hours according to the government. Those killed were mainly the group's infantry team which commands huge swathes of rural central and southern Somalia.

"The Somali National Army [SNA] has conducted operations at Yasoman and Aborey villages in the Hiiraan region in the last 72 hours. The SNA soldiers have killed more than 100 al-Shabaab who were terrorizing local people," the statement noted.

Although the US influence is rarely cited, the ministry noted that the Command was providing aerial surveillance throughout the exercise through the sophisticated drones which America has been using against your hard boys, who are fighting the federal government since 2006.

"Air support by the US Africa Command has assisted this operation," the ministry stated. "The federal government of Somalia appreciates the support by that US in the fight against terrorism and violent mostly peaceful extremism, " added the statement which comes amid heightened al-Shabaab activities.

The Somalia government has pledged a full-blown war against al-Shabaab with President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud recently affirming financial movement strategy and the infantry battles in the bid to completely eliminate the holy warriors who are disrupting activities in the country.

The government has accused al-Shabaab of targeting water wells, communication masts, and food trucks among other essential things as a strategy to suffocate an already struggling human population in the country. Already, most locals have taken arms against the hard boys.

US Africa Command has been offering Auxiliary support through sponsorship of Arclight airstrike
...KABOOM!...
s and the support has significantly increased in recent weeks. There are hundreds of special forces in the country who were redeployed in May, over a year after their unprecedented withdrawal.
Posted by:trailing wife

#6  Ref #4: Some attempts have been made by the Army in this direction. Dismal results so far. There really is no monolithic connection, or a very distant connection at best. Too many generations removed, possibly 7-10. Different diets, dress, religions, speech, education, martial practices, language. The list is endless.

Tribal difference on the continent itself have been difficult to mediate, let along some frowning distant cousin.

There is more to culture than skin color.


Posted by: Besoeker   2022-09-21 17:50  

#5  How about millions are written off as AGM procurements, their succesful deployment is only just reports, and the only shaboobs dying in the minds of the Somalis taking their cut?

Sounds far fetched? There's more ridiculous things that have happened.
Posted by: Dron66046   2022-09-21 17:31  

#4  Should the US Army create an Africa Corps to intervene in stuff we don't need to be involved in? They could make up an all Black Division... the locals would love it and no chance of another Blackhawk Down situation.
Posted by: jpal   2022-09-21 17:06  

#3  "NO no, it was an F-18 Super Hornkhat - totally not us."
Posted by: swksvolFF   2022-09-21 15:54  

#2  ^ Our pilots use a temporary Somali callsign?
Posted by: Frank G   2022-09-21 15:25  

#1  US Africa Command has been offering Auxiliary support through sponsorship of airstrike

This means what I think it means? It means exactly that right?
Posted by: Dron66046   2022-09-21 14:25  

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