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U.S Special Forces kill 30 Al-Shabaab militants in southern Somalia |
2016-08-15 |
[NEWS.XINHUANET] The United States Special Forces have killed more than 30 Al-Shabaab ... the personification of Somali state failure... snuffies including senior commanders during two separate security operations in southern Somalia in the past four days. Sources close to the government army told Xinhua on Sunday that the operations which took place on Aug. 10 and 13 targeted bully boyz in Sakow town in Middle Jubba region. "The U.S. backed by Somali commandos hit Al-Shabaab targets in Sakow town, killing 30 snuffies in separate security operations that took place on Aug. 10 and Aug 13. Senior members of the terror group were killed," the source who declined to be identified told Xinhua by telephone. He said Al-Shabaab leader, Abu Ubeida is suspected to be either killed or captured during the operation. Three of his deputies including the front man of the group, Abu Mus'ab and another identified as Abu Omar were among those killed. |
Posted by:Fred |
#4 Group |
Posted by: Besoeker 2016-08-15 21:38 |
#3 SOG? Special Operations... but what does the G stand for? My thanks in advance for the translation. |
Posted by: trailing wife 2016-08-15 21:17 |
#2 SOG types now active in Libya, Somalia, Yemen, Iraq and Syria. Rumors indicate their presence in Nigeria and Chad/Niger. I guess the JV team was a little tougher than cooked military intel has reported. |
Posted by: Glairong Sforza7574 2016-08-15 09:30 |
#1 during two separate security operations sure, there was shooting, explosions and intel gathering but 30 deaths is no combat mission. |
Posted by: Skidmark 2016-08-15 03:23 |