...... the personification of Somali state failure...
Barre, in the accompany of Somali army chief Gen Odowa Yusuf, security advisor and other officials visited the at Baledogle Military Airfield, to inspect Danab soldiers after a training.
The U.S. Ambassador to Somalia Larry André, included the delegation led by the premier.
In a statement, the OPM said the PM praised the fresh soldiers joined the elite military brigade for their commitment and enduring the hard-training by the American military.
The Baledogle Military Airfield serves as a drone US base and trains a highly trained Somali National Army commando force — DANAB ’Lightning Brigade’ active since inception in 2014.
The U.S. had maintained a regular presence at Baledogle until January 2020, when former President Donald Trump
...dictatorial for repealing some (but not all) of the diktats of his predecessor, misogynistic because he likes pretty girls, homophobic because he doesn't think gender bending should be mandatory, truly a man for all seasons......
ordered American forces out of the country. Since then, the U.S. has sent troops to Somalia on a rotational basis.
In Sept. 30, 2019, the U.S. military was forced to launch
...KABOOM!...
s against turbans after the troops were attacked at the Baledogle complex, which is in a desert about 60 miles northwest of the capital of Mogadishu.
A three vehicle-borne explosives and an assault by the krazed killers. All turbans were killed and one American soldier was maimed, according to the US Africa command.
The U.S. military [AFRICOM] had been making improvements to the base, including expanding the key airfield in Lower Shabelle region, bordering the seaside capital city.