...KABOOM!...
that left 17 al-Shabaab
...... al-Qaeda's tentacle in East Africa...
snuffies dead on November 9, AFRICOM has confirmed, noting that the raid was activated when the Somali National Army [SNA] came under attack from the al-Qaeda linked group.
The airstrike, US Africa Command said, was conducted at a remote village approximately 285 kilometers northeast of Mogadishu, the Somali capital. It comes amid heightened operations against the al-Shabaab snuffies who control large swathes of rural central and southern Somalia.
"Working with the Somali National Army, U.S. Africa Command’s initial assessment is that the strike killed 17 attacking al-Shabaab Lions of Islam and that no civilians were maimed or killed," the command confirmed in a statement on Friday.
"U.S. Africa Command takes great measures to prevent civilian casualties. Protecting civilians remains a vital part of the command’s operations to promote greater security for all Africans," the statement read while condemning the snuffies who have been targeting civilians.