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Africa Horn

Al-Shabaab commanders killed in Somalia after US troops pull out

2021-02-02

[Garowe] An unknown number of senior al-Shabaab
...... Somalia's version of the Taliban, functioning as an arm of al-Qaeda...
commanders were killed in Somalia, impeccable sources from the Somali army have disclosed, in what could be a defining moment in the fight against the Death Eaters, who have been wreaking havoc in the country.

According to military sources, the US Africa Command launched another ~~Arclight~~ airstrike
<del>Arclight</del> airstrike

...KABOOM!...
in the vicinity of the Hudur town which is the regional administrative capital of the Bakool region, leaving several al-Shabaab commanders dead during the encounter.

The commanders, sources said, have been, have been on the radar of the US military and Friday marked the end of months of tracking them before unleashing, leading to their instant deaths. Their names are yet to be published but military sources termed the incident "major victory".

AFRICOM, which is responsible for such airstrikes, is yet to release a statement to confirm the incident but once confirmed, this will be the seventh airstrike targeting al-Shabaab this year in Somalia. The command usually notifies the public after thorough verification.

The US Africa Command has been working closely with the Somali National Army [SNA] and the African Union
...a union consisting of 53 African states, most run by dictators of one flavor or another. The only all-African state not in the AU is Morocco. Established in 2002, the AU is the successor to the Organisation of African Unity (OAU), which was even less successful...
Mission Forces in Somalia in their bid to degrade the al-Shabaab within Somalia and the tactic seems to be paying off according to the Command.

Last week, the commander of AFRICOM General Stephen Townsend concluded his trip to East Africa which saw him visit Kenya, Somalia, and Djibouti. His trip came days after the US formally withdrew from Somalia, repositioning troops elsewhere within East Africa.

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