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2017-12-18 Africa Horn
Senior Al-Shabaab Militants Killed In Somalia Drone Strike
[RADIOSHABELLE] Several senior al-Shabaab
... Somalia's version of the Taliban, functioning as an arm of al-Qaeda...
bad boyz were potted in a dronezap on the outskirts of the coastal city of Kismayo
...a port city in the southern Lower Juba province of Somalia, at the extreme southern end of the country (assuming Somalia can be called a country). It is the commercial capital of the autonomous Jubaland region...
in southern Somalia.

A military official, on condition of anonymity, said several strikes hit an al-Shabaab base in Berhani location, some 60 kilometers south of Kismayo, killing several senior terrorists, Xinhua reported.

Residents of Berhani location said there were huge kabooms early hours of Saturday.

"The strike hit the base where the Death Eaters were meeting leading to several casualties," the military officer from the Somalia National Army was quoted as saying.

Posted by Fred 2017-12-18 00:00|| || Front Page|| [11134 views ]  Top
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