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Kenyan army kills 52 al-Shabab fighters in Somalia
2017-04-23
[SHABELLENEWS] nya’s Ministry of Defense said its troops, operating under 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...
Mission in Somalia, have destroyed an al-Shabaab
... Somalia's version of the Taliban, functioning as an arm of al-Qaeda...
camp, killing 52 bandidos bully boyz and seizing weapons.

In a statement, the ministry said troops raided the camp, located near the town of Badhadhe in the Lower Jubba region, at around 1:00 a.m. Friday.

"The intelligence-led operation was executed after surveillance assets sighted al-Shabaab terrorist concentration in the location," the ministry said. "Ground troops supported by mortar and artillery fire were employed to neutralize the camp thereafter," the statement added.

A local resident who could not be named for security reasons told VOA Somali the bombed al-Shabaab camp is near Lagta Dishu, a military base used by Kenyan military operating in Somalia.

He said Kenyan troops used helicopters to bomb the area early in the morning, and said the aerial attack on the site was ongoing.

The resident said he could not confirm the casualty figure claimed by the Kenya military.

"It’s possible many al-Shaboobs were killed, but I don’t know how many," he said.

Kenya said other bandidos bully boyz escaped with injuries. The statement said troops seized weapons including seven AK47 rifles, ammunition and bombs.

Badhadhe is 200 kilometers southwest 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...
and is one of the main towns in the region still controlled by al-Shabaab.

Residents west of Kismayo reported separate festivities between Somali regional forces and al-Shabaab bandidos bully boyz Friday.

Jubbaland security forces front man Ahmed Mohamud Mohammed said their forces have seized new areas from the myrmidons.

"We have conducted military operations against these religious bandidos in Bulo Haji, our troops are there now," he said.

He said the operations and the attack by Kenyan forces were coordinated.
Posted by:Fred

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