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U.S. Airstrikes Kill 50 Al-Shabaab Jihadis in Somalia
 [Breitbart] American airstrikes launched over the last three days have "degraded" the East Africa-based al-Qaeda wing al-Shabaab, killing 50 jihadis in Somalia days after the United Nations determined the group is expanding and remains the top threat facing African nation, the U.S. Africa Command (AFRICOM) revealed.The airstrikes came after the United Nations found that the American airstrikes have failed to diminish al-Shabaab’s ability to carry out "complex asymmetric attacks in Somalia," adding that the growing Islamic State (ISIS/ISIL) presence in the African country fueled by an influx of fighters from the fallen caliphate in Iraq and Syria also poses a menace. Via press releases, AFRICOM announced it launched airstrikes this week to support the Somalian government’s efforts to degrade al-Shabaab, killing 37 jihadis on November 20; seven on November 21; and six jihadis and a weapons cache on November 22, adding: Posted by: Besoeker 2018-11-24 |
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