U.S. military strikes conducted against Islamic State in Somalia

| February 2, 2025 | 56 Comments

President Donald Trump authorized and directed U.S. military strikes against Islamic State operatives in Somalia. These attacks were coordinated with the Somalian government. The strikes killed multiple operatives in an operation that didn’t see civilians get harmed. The strikes centered on caves where these terrorists were at.

From PBS: 

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said Saturday that the strikes by U.S. Africa Command were directed by Trump and coordinated with Somalia’s government.

An initial assessment by the Pentagon indicated that “multiple” operatives were killed. The Pentagon said it assessed that no civilians were harmed in the strikes.

Trump, in a post on social media, said a senior IS planner and recruits were targeted in the operation.

“The strikes destroyed the caves they live in, and killed many terrorists without, in any way, harming civilians. Our Military has targeted this ISIS Attack Planner for years, but Biden and his cronies wouldn’t act quickly enough to get the job done. I did!” Trump said. “The message to ISIS and all others who would attack Americans is that “WE WILL FIND YOU, AND WE WILL KILL YOU!”

Trump did not identify the IS planner or say whether that person was killed in the strike. White House officials did not immediately respond to requests for comment.

The Pentagon’s counterterrorism strategy in Africa has been strained as two key partners, Chad and Niger, ousted U.S. forces last year and took over key bases that the U.S. military had used to train and conduct missions against terrorist groups across the Sahel, the vast arid expanse south of the Sahara Desert.

Additional Reading:

PBS Journalist. (2025, February 1). U.S. military strikes Islamic State operatives in Somalia for the first time in Trump’s new term. PBS. Link.

Category: GWOT, Terror War

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Old tanker

I could well be wrong, but I don’t see much of anything good being involved in Somalia again. Other than pirate abatement, what the heck are we going to gain from it?

Fyrfighter

The only thing we should send to Somalia is high explosives, just like this.. No way we should put or people at risk there.

A Proud Infidel®™

AMEN, preach it!

Green Thumb

No more USAID!

Mark L.

You realize you need people on the ground to drop these explosives accurately, right? Holy shit sometimes I wonder how any of you made it in the military.

Mark L.

what the heck are we going to gain from it?

Dead terrorists, idiot. What the hell is the point of producing all these munitions every year if we aren’t dropping them on the heads of people who most deserve it?

AW1Ed

In other news, Somalia has a government. Color me surprised!

26Limabeans

Maybe this one won’t cave….

timactual

I think it has several—depends on which neighborhood you are in.

AW1 Rod

Yeah, the fact that Somalia has a “government” took me by surprise, too!

KoB

Kill enough of them and they’ll quit fighting…or not. The more we kill “over there” the less we have to kill “over here”. A few less to worry about so there is that. Makes a difference when one has a true Commander In Chief and a Real Warrior as SecDef.

timactual

“The more we kill “over there” the less we have to kill “over here”. ”

Doubtful. It seems the only reason some of them are still “over there” is that they don’t have the plane fair to Mexico and the coyote fees. Plus, they have more than enough wannabee martyrs to supply “over there” and “over here”.

KoB

Hell, we’ve probably got more of them “over here” than they have “over there”. Kind of a scary thought…ain’t it. Estimate of “illegals” are north of 30 million. Even if only 10% are bad guys….hmmm

Fyrfighter

I’m good with killing them anywhere and everywhere. As long as the ROE is absolute minimal risk for our people, with maximum freedom to bring down the damn damn on any and all of them!

timactual

We can only hope that our newly arrived unofficial “cultural enrichers” decide that the US is a much better place to live than the shitholes they came from and decide not to foul up a good thing.

Mark L.

Sorry, peacenik. I want bombs falling on these people all day, every day.

Toxic Deplorable Racist SAH Neanderthal

Speaking of Somalia, when are we going to send back those (koff!) refugee (koff!) Somalis that were brought over by the (koff!) Catholic charity (koff!) NGOs?

26Limabeans

Lewiston Maine has been referred to as “little Somalia” for
well over a decade now. Traditional Catholic farming area is
now a drug and crime infested shithole.
“as goes Maine so goes the country”
God, I hope not.

Tallywhagger

Beautiful river running through there, picturesque area, too.

26Limabeans

Nearby town of Greene was my family roots.
Catholic potato farmers.
Yes, beautiful landscape.

Fyrfighter

Probably just an open sewer now.. You can take the somali out of the shithole, but ya cant take the shithole out of the somali..

Mark L.

Now? Have you been to Maine in the last 20 years? It’s consistently ranked last in education, income and highest in drug use back when it was still 99% white.

E.conboy

Is it deep enough?

Skivvy Stacker

Same thing happened to my home town of St Cloud, MN. At the end of the 80s it was still a peaceful, low crime city of around 40,000. By 1999 it had transformed into a gang infested, crime ridden, dangerous place to raise children, with a university steeped in the standard academic forest of minority studies, women’s studies, LGBTQ studies, and a human relations department that bent over backwards to accommodate local criminals who talked about “Equality against the PO-lees.”
All brought to us by Catholic Charities.
Now you can’t swing a dead cat without hitting a Somali, or gang banger.

Hack Stone

You can’t swing a dead cat because all the Haitians ate them.

HT3

Sounds like you’re on your way to being another Minneapolis…very sad.

You want to know what immigrants want their new home to look like? Its where they came from…
Choose your immigrants wisely.

CHOOSE-YOUR-IMMIGRANTS-WISELY
E.conboy

Aaaaaah, but the Port a Potties add such a civilized touch. If only the the illegals knew how to use them, instead of moving into and living in them. 🥹

Mark L.

Aw, I miss the days when Maine was entirely full of white trash meth heads living in trailers. Guess we had to DEI our druggie scumfucks as well.

Fyrfighter

Can we send that brother F@$ker Omar back as well?

Tallywhagger

She brutha is about as sweet as they come, a sissy that Little David Hogg could admire.

rgr769

There is one in Congress that should be shipped home.

Toxic Deplorable Racist SAH Neanderthal

BRING UP THE TREBUCHET!!

Fyrfighter

Make it like punkin chunkin, allow reams ro enter, and give prizes foe the farthest toss!

Then make it Pay Per View.. that’d balance the budget quick!

Mark L.

Agreed with that. The minute she sympathized with Hamas, she should have been out.

2banana

Plenty of muslim Somalian terrorists in Maine and Minneapolis

Fyrfighter

Greely Colorado as well.

Fyrfighter

Idiots up there can’t understand why cooking the family dinner with an open fire on the living room floor is a bad idea, and often results in burning down the house…

I read somewhere that the average IQ from that part of the world is on the low end of room temp.. maybe someone else has seen that / has the link..

Deckie

Studies and claims like that are considered racist and incorrect — but I believe the studies. You see enough pictures and videos showing idiots over there getting themselves killed doing stupid shit that you begin to realize it’s not that they don’t know better, it’s because they’re fucking stupid.

9 out of 10 safety “do not be like this guy” videos always take place in those parts of the world…

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Fyrfighter

The one where the chimp picks up the AK is funny as hell

Anonymous

Maybe not real, but that’s Liberia alright:

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E.conboy

Results of imbreeding.

Jimbojszz

Could be cannibalism too.

rgr769

In part, that is because they have zero Neanderthal DNA.

E.conboy

Too much CO ?

Anonymous
Fyrfighter

Applying that color scheme would be a quick way to turn blue cities in the US ” red”..

Jimbojszz

If you put your meat in the cupboard instead of the refrigerator. It says a lot about your upbringing. Add malnutrition and lack of education and you have a Somali.

Toxic Deplorable Racist SAH Neanderthal

should declare an “open season, no license, no limit”.
Make a few “disappear”, the rest will get the hint and deedee mao most rikki tic.

Mark L.

Yea, I miss the days when Maine was just entirely white trash living in trailers. We even had to go and DEI our welfare queens.

Hack Stone

Selena Gomez was unavailable for comment. She is still working through the grief of Tren de Aragua members being rounded up.

JTB

We should let her round them up and spend an evening with them…She might be crying for a different reason…Likely because her farts would be silent for some time…

Slow Joe

I don’t get it. Why would the farts be silent?

Hack Stone

If a pop star busted ass in a forest, and no one was there to smell it, would she still need to change her drawers?

Odie

Because somebody installed a stopper?

Fyrfighter

Because they’d treat her like their goats and stretch her out..

JTB

Way past time…