...KABOOM!...
s against ISIS in Puntland
...a region in northeastern Somalia, centered on Garowe in the Nugaal province. Its leaders declared the territory an autonomous state in 1998. Puntland and the equally autonomous Somaliland seem to have avoided the clan rivalries and warlordism that have typified the rest of Somalia, which puts both places high on the list for Islamic subversion...
, perhaps the second time the team is targeting the Islamic State
...formerly ISIS or ISIL, depending on your preference. Before that they were al-Qaeda in Iraq, as shaped by Abu Musab Zarqawi. They're really very devout, committing every atrocity they can find in the Koran and inventing a few more. They fling
Allaharound with every other sentence, but to hear western pols talk they're not
reallyMoslems....
murderous Moslems in the Horn of Africa, leading to the death of several bad boys, including senior commanders.
In May 2024, the US Africa Command launched an airstrike within the Puntland mountains, which is said to have targeted Abdulkadir Mumin, the global leader of ISIS. Although initial reports indicated he died, other theories suggest he survived the attack.
On Saturday, the US army returned to Puntland mountains targeting ISIS 'planner' whose name was not immediately revealed. Several bad boyz were potted in the encounter, 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...
said.
Saturday's airstrike, the first against IS in Somalia so far this year, was carried out by fighter jets launched from the USS Harry S. Truman, currently in the Red Sea, according to defense officials who spoke to VOA on the condition of anonymity to discuss details of the operation.
The US Army used FA-18 Super Hornets from the USS Harry S Truman, per a defense official. The outing was strongly recommended by President Donald Trump who has declared war against global terrorists.
General Adan Abdi Hashi, commander of the Puntland Dervish Forces said the airstrikes targeted at least 10 locations of the Islamic State murderous Moslems in the Cal-Miskaad hills, which is part of the Bari region.
"The strikes targeted about 10 locations in the Cal-Miskaad areas, most of them caves, and we believe that many of the murderous Moslems were killed," said the general.
In Qandala, a small town within the Bari region, residents told VOA on the condition of anonymity because they feared for their lives, that they could see from the distance plumes of smoke and flames, and that they could hear at least seven huge explosions.
The airstrikes came at the time the Puntland military was pursuing ISIS murderous Moslems in the Cal-Miskaad mountains. Puntland confirmed that both the US and United Arab Emirates have been critical in aerial surveillance.