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U.S. Military Denies Al-Shabaab Killed Its Soldier In Somalia
[RADIOSHABELLE] The United States military confirmed Tuesday no American soldier was killed or injured in southern Somalia as claimed by the Islamist turban group, al-Shabaab... the personification of Somali state failure... The U.S. Africa Command (Africom), which oversees American troops on the continent, dismissed the report as incorrect that the holy warriors killed the American soldier on the outskirts of Kismayo  ...a port city in the southern Lower Juba province of Somalia, at the extreme southern end of the country (assuming Somalia can be called a country). It is the commercial capital of the autonomous Jubaland region...during a shootout early Tuesday. "We are aware of the reports, but they are incorrect. No U.S military was killed or injured in Somalia, as alleged in the reports," Africom spokesperson Samantha Reho told Xinhua. The bully boyz through their radio station, Andalus had reported that the American soldier was killed in a shootout that took place outside Kismayo town on Tuesday morning. The allegations came amid intensified security operation by 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... peacekeeping mission (AMISOM) backed by Somalia National Army (SNA) on al-Shabaab controlled areas in the Lower Shabelle region, destroying several turban bases, checkpoints, and explosives including an FM station run by al-Shabaab. The allied forces have ramped up offensives against the bully boyz as the African Union forces continue with the drawdown which started with 500 troops last December. Posted by: Fred 2018-02-22 |
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