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Suspected US jets bomb Al shabaab convoy in Somalia
2017-06-07
[SHABELLENEWS] Suspected US fighter jets have launched an overnight Arclight airstrike in Southern Somalia, targeting a convoy of vehicles reportedly carrying senior Al shabaab commanders.

The warplanes fired several missiles at the convoy with middle-level commanders, while travelling near N-50 area in lower Shabelle region, according to the local residents.

There were no immediate confirmation off the casualties on Al shabaab leaders, as a result of the Ariel bombardment, which was the latest in series of Arclight airstrikes in Somalia by US military.

Last week, foreign forces believed to be US marines carried out a raid on a training camp near Jilib district in Middle Jubba region.

The jets dropped leaflets in the Al shabaab-held towns of Jilib and Jamame, calling fighters to defect from the group, and take an advantage of President’s two-month amnesty offer.
Posted by:Fred

#2  The last two hundred years of recorded history should leave us with no other conclusion. Any effort at establishing normalcy or western civilization in Africa is a foking wasted effort. Get out and leave them to their own fate.
Posted by: Besoeker   2017-06-07 07:03  

#1  Said it before; this is getting to be like some Thirties pulp adventure taking place in the South Seas. Great Powers sniffing around places nobody ever heard of which may, or may not, exist. Doing things which may or may not be acknowledged. Readers wondering if it's true that a, say, German light cruiser shelled the rascally imam's palace and landed British marines to retrieve a US expedition searching for......
Posted by: Richard Aubrey   2017-06-07 06:58  

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