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Al-Shabaab base destroyed in Somalia
[Garowe] An operation carried out by the Somali National Army [SNA] and international partners left an al-Shabaab
...... the personification of Somali state failure...
 base destroyed in Somalia, a senior government official said, noting that several Death Eaters may have also been killed in the process.

Interior and Federal Affairs minister Ahmed Fiqi said the base was destroyed near Harardhere town within Dumaaye village. The international partners have been actively participating in the crackdown against al-Shabaab Death Eaters who control central and southern parts of the country.

A source who spoke to Voice of America said the Arclight airstrike
...KABOOM!...
 targeted the site used by al-Shabaab which is locally known as Xerta Sheikh Mohammed Rage Center, about 500 meters south of Dumaaye. The Death Eaters use the site for logistics when launching attacks across the country, the source added.

"A joint operation by the Somali Security Forces and international allies has hit a major al-Shabaab base in Dumaye, Harardere district, killing many hard boyz and their leaders," state media confirmed without giving actual numbers of casualties in the operation which was termed "successful".

Classified military sources termed the airstrike as "timely and significant " in the fight against al-Shabaab. Dozens of the Death Eaters may have bit the dust, a critical comeback for the military after losing soldiers in Cawsweyne village in Lower Shabelle last week, in an attack which the government is yet to give full disclosure.

The operation comes at the time Somali National Army is preparing yet for another outing which would focus on Jubaland and Southwest states. The second phase of operations would see military officers from Kenya, Djibouti, and Æthiopia joining, outside 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...
 Transition Mission in Somalia [ATMIS] ranks.

ATMIS and the US Africa Command have been closely working in nurturing and equipping the Somali National Army as the foreign troops prepare for exit from the Horn of Africa nation. The drawdown which started in June 2023, will yet again see 3,000 soldiers conclude their mission in Somalia.

President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud maintains that his administration would work extra hard to eliminate the hard boys, but in an interview on Friday, he admitted that organizers should have not scheduled the exit of ATMIS troops from Somalia this month.



A U.S. airstrike hit Al-Shabaab targets in Mudug region killing several militants, military sources said.

According to reports from Mudug region, the airstrike targeted a forest in Dumaye area in Haradhere district where Al-Shabaab militants were gathering.
Posted by: trailing wife 2023-09-03
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