...formerly ISIS or ISIL, depending on your preference. Before that al-Qaeda in Iraq, as shaped by Abu Musab Zarqawi. They're very devout, committing every atrocity they can find in the Koran and inventing a few more. They fling
Allaharound with every other sentence, but to hear the pols talk they're not
reallyMoslems....
of Iraq and the Levant (ISIS) group in northeastern Somalia, killing several members of the group.
Friday's attacks were in coordination with Somalian government forces, the statement said.
The US Africa Command (AFRICOM) said the first strike occurred at approximately midnight local Somalia time (09:00 GMT), with the second strike occurring at approximately 11am local Somalia time (08:00 GMT).
"We are currently assessing the results of the strike," the statement said.
Reports from Somalia suggest ISIS has been recruiting members there since it became active in the country although the scale of its activities is far smaller than that of al-Shabaab
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the Islamic version of the old Somali warlord....