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2020-10-01 Africa Horn
Somali Special Forces Retake Town From Al-Shabab
[RADIOSHABELLE] The US-trained Somali special forces [Danab] have executed an operation in the Lower Shabelle region, south of the country on Wednesday, targeting key al-Shabaab
...... an Islamic infestation centering on Somalia attempting to metastasize into Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, and similar places, all ofwhich have enough problems without them...
base.

According to the military sources, the troops have peacefully wrested control of Leego area, the scene of the deadly al-Shabaab attack on AMISOM outpost on 26 June 2015.

The takeover came after al-Shabaab pull out.

The Leego attack, one of the biggest against AU troops in Somalia left more than 70 Burundi soldiers dead while dozens maimed by armed al-Shabaab gunnies during the raid.

Somali army backed by AMISOM and AU stepped up operations in the region as part of the government plan to liberate all areas still under al-Shabaab control.

Posted by Fred 2020-10-01 00:00|| || Front Page|| [11135 views ]  Top
 File under: al-Shabaab (AQ) 

#1 I wonder if they could take back Minneapolis.
Posted by SteveS 2020-10-01 17:03||   2020-10-01 17:03|| Front Page Top

#2 Every bullet has its ballot
Posted by Albert Angealing9829 2020-10-01 17:35||   2020-10-01 17:35|| Front Page Top

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