Trump targets al-Shabbab again
According to the Associated Press, the US staged another air strike against the Somalian al-Shabbab training camps again, as the US steps up attacks on the al-Queda-linked group holding the failed-nation hostage. The strikes launched on Sunday are part of the larger strategy in the war against global terrorism;
President Donald Trump has approved expanded military operations against al-Shabab, including more aggressive airstrikes and considering parts of southern Somalia areas of active hostilities. The U.S. in April announced it was sending dozens of regular troops to Somalia in the largest such deployment there in roughly two decades, saying it was for logistics training of Somalia’s army.
The Horn of Africa nation is trying to rebuild after more than two decades as a failed state, and its chaos helped in the rise of al-Shabab. Now a new threat has emerged in the country’s north with fighters claiming alliance to the Islamic State group.
At least this time, US troops aren’t being deployed under the guise of a meals-on-wheels program.
Category: Terror War
I hope these air strikes are preventive measures, aimed at restricting al-Shabbab’s growth, and nothing more.
I’m sorry but I don’t want to see any troops in Somalia, training or otherwise. Unless we send 2 Divisions which we don’t have to send, and put an end to Shish-Kabob once and for all. Short of that, lots of air strikes and I have to believe the duck, cover and shoot back is a universally understood concept and no training is needed.
Waiting on the BDA.
Oh, goody! Another “training” deployment. How many decades will this one take? How big will it grow?
” Now a new threat has emerged in the country’s north with fighters claiming alliance to the Islamic State group.”
Great! Another mole to whack. How many “trainers” are we going to send there? But wait! ISIS is already destroyed, isn’t it?
No kebab for al-shabbab!!