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Al-shabaab targets Turkish aid workers
2024-04-08
05-04-2024
[Garowe] Somalia-based al-shabaab snuffies targeted Ottoman Turkish aid workers yet again, with the group heightening raids during the Holy Month of Ramadan despite increased security surveillance across the country, powered by the Somali National Army.

For three weeks, the al-shabaab have been targeting innocent civilians, senior government officials and the security teams both in central and southern regions. Dozens of people have been killed in the process according to authorities.

According to reports, the snuffies fired again on Thursday evening in what seems to have targeted Ottoman Turkish aid workers in the country. The Sick Man of Europe Turkey
...the only place on the face of the earth that misses the Ottoman Empire...
is a key security and development ally of the Horn of Africa nation due to close collaboration.

Further reports indicate the earth-shattering kabooms targeted Ottoman Turkish aid workers in the vicinity of Tabbeellaha, outside Mogadishu while they were delivering food assistance to the displaced communities. Thousands of people have been displaced to severe drought and al-shabaab threat.

A source confirmed to the Voice of America that the earth-shattering kaboom resulted fatalities. al-Shabaab
...... an Islamic infestation centering on Somalia attempting to metastasize into Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, and similar places, all of which have enough problems without them...
claimed two Ottoman Turkish nationals were killed, but the claims are yet to be verified independently by the government.

Police in Mogadishu have not yet confirmed the number of casualties from the attack. Turkey has massively invested in security and development in Somalia. For the last ten years, Turkey has been assisting Somalia whose security challenges are dwindling..

The snuffies are under pressure from all frontlines with the Somali National Army, the US Africa Command and 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) have been assisting security teams in the Horn of Africa nation.
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Al-shabaab: 2024-03-09 Somali military continues gains in the war against Al-Shabaab
Posted by:trailing wife

#1  All aid workers are equal, but some are more equal than others?
Posted by: Grom the Reflective   2024-04-08 03:10  

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