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2020-07-20 Africa Horn
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Al-Shabab militants killed in operation in southern Somalia
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[RADIOSHABELLE] Somali National Army (SNA) backed by Jubaland state forces killed six al-Shabaab
 ...... Somalia's version of the Taliban, functioning as an arm of al-Qaeda...
snuffies on Saturday in a security operation on the outskirts 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....
, a military officer confirmed on Sunday.
Aden Mohammed Ibrahim, commander of Jubaland state army told journalists that the joint operation conducted by SNA’s 43rd Unit and Jubaland state army started when the forces got intelligence from the public of the turbans’ presence in the area.
"There was a fierce fight between the army and the murderous Moslems in Koban and Bula Haji villages, but our forces overpowered the turbans, killing six of them," Ibrahim said.
He added that the army also captured many villages and recovered ammunition during the operation.
Locals said that heavily armed government forces attacked Bula Haji village, prompting an exchange of fire between the army and the turbans.
On July 12, the army-backed by Southwestern state forces killed seven al-Shabaab snuffies and injured 5 others in another operation in Bardale town in the southern region of Bay.
Meanwhile,
...back at the bunker, his Excellency called a hurried meeting of his closest advisors. It was to be his last. They discussed the officers's efficiency rating system...
security minister, Abdinasir Said Muse, survived an liquidation attempt on Saturday evening after a roadside kaboom targeted his vehicle near Taleh junction in Mogadishu’s Hodan district.
The police said the bomb which was hidden on the roadside at a construction site went kaboom! on the vehicle belonging to the deputy minister but Muse was not in the vehicle at the time. 
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Posted by Fred 2020-07-20 00:00||
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