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2018-02-28 Africa Horn
Fighter Jets Carry Out An Airstrike On Al Shabaab Base In Somalia
[RadioShabelle] Unknown fighters jets were reported to have carried out an Arclight airstrike against Al-Shabaab
... the personification of Somali state failure...
controlled town in Southern Somalia on Tuesday, sources said.

The warplanes fired a missile at a turban camp in Jilib district, the main Al-Shabaab stronghold in Middle Shabelle region, according to a resident who asked to remain anonymous.

The has been reports of casualties, but, the number was not confirmed yet. It’s not clear which country belongs to the jets conducted the air raid against Al-Shabaab.

The latest strikes took place days after Somali and U.S. special forces conducted a dronezap near 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...
city in Lower Jubba region which killed several bully boyz dead.
Posted by trailing wife 2018-02-28 00:00|| || Front Page|| [11131 views ]  Top
 File under: al-Shabaab (AQ) 

#1 Ruritanian Air Force
Posted by Frank G 2018-02-28 12:29||   2018-02-28 12:29|| Front Page Top

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