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US forces carry out airstrike against extremists in Somalia
Washington Post ^ | Dec. 18, 2017 | staff

Posted on 12/18/2017 9:58:33 AM PST by Eddie01

OHANNESBURG — The U.S. military’s Africa command says its forces conducted an airstrike against Islamic extremists in Somalia last week, approximately 30 miles northwest of Kismayo, killing eight militants and destroying one vehicle.

In its statement released Monday, the U.S. Africa Command said that it assess no civilians were killed in the strike.

The statement said U.S. forces will continue to use “all authorized and appropriate measures” to protect U.S. citizens and to disable extremist threats. This includes partnering with the multinational African force in Somalia and the Somali National Security Forces to attack the extremist rebels of al-Shabab, their training camps, and their safe havens throughout Somalia and the East African region.

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TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: airstrike; alshabab; extremists; hornofafrica; iran; kismayo; somalia; sudan; yemen
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Winning!

This is why we are in Niger and Somalia.

1 posted on 12/18/2017 9:58:33 AM PST by Eddie01
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To: Eddie01

Blackhawk Down payback.


2 posted on 12/18/2017 9:59:49 AM PST by DIRTYSECRET (urope. Why do they put up with this.)
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To: Eddie01

I guess this means we will have to import more Somalians......


3 posted on 12/18/2017 10:02:51 AM PST by Lurkinanloomin (Natural Born Citizen Means Born Here of Citizen Parents-Know Islam, No Peace-No Islam, Know Peace)
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To: Eddie01

I imagine some of the many suitcases of US ca$h they got from Somalis from here got blowed up.


4 posted on 12/18/2017 10:14:42 AM PST by polymuser (Its terrible to contemplate how few politicians are hanged today. - Chesterton)
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To: DIRTYSECRET

“Blackhawk Down payback.”

I’m afraid it will be a Blackhawk Down playback.


5 posted on 12/18/2017 10:15:40 AM PST by Joe Dallas
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To: Eddie01

[eight militants]

OK, so 8 x 72 = 576 virgins

Oh, wait, that’s just a lie by Satan, the father of islam.

Nevermind


6 posted on 12/18/2017 10:17:04 AM PST by SaveFerris (Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold ......)
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To: Eddie01

Please please nuke Somalia...


7 posted on 12/18/2017 10:18:03 AM PST by Professional
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To: DIRTYSECRET

Obliterating Mogadishu would satisfy me.


8 posted on 12/18/2017 10:18:18 AM PST by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
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To: Eddie01

“U.S. forces will continue to use “all authorized and appropriate measures” to protect U.S. citizens and to disable extremist threats”

Gee, really?

This weekend extremists in San Francisco threatened and terrorized Americans demonstrating against the illegal alien murderer of an American woman who was freed by a political pro-terrorism jury in SF last week.

Oddly I don’t recall any Blackhawks or Federal troops showing up to protect those US citizens in SF. Guess they’re all busy protecting the enormous number of “US citizens” in Eastern Africa.


9 posted on 12/18/2017 10:24:54 AM PST by Regulator
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To: DIRTYSECRET
Just in time for Christmas.....


10 posted on 12/18/2017 10:26:02 AM PST by dfwgator
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To: Eddie01

***an airstrike against Islamic extremists in Somalia last week, ***

And the survivors will probably be brought to the USA to work in a local chicken processing factory.


11 posted on 12/18/2017 10:32:03 AM PST by Ruy Dias de Bivar
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To: Eddie01

It would cost a lot less $$$ to look for Extremist Somalia in MN


12 posted on 12/18/2017 10:33:41 AM PST by Zathras
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To: Professional

Yeah, killing eight “militants” and destroying one vehicle just doesn’t do it. Killing all Somalis and destroying all their vehicles would work. Then on to Yemen for Phase II.


13 posted on 12/18/2017 10:34:17 AM PST by VietVet876
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To: Eddie01
A friend of mine was an Air Force MP who got out of Somalia about a month before the 'Black Hawk Down' incident.

He said it was the scariest place he'd ever been.

14 posted on 12/18/2017 10:38:08 AM PST by real saxophonist ( YouTube + Twitter + Facebook = YouTwitFace.com)
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To: Eddie01

Good.


15 posted on 12/18/2017 10:38:38 AM PST by left that other site (For America to have CONFIDENCE in our future, we must have PRIDE in our HISTORY... DJT)
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To: Eddie01

ISIS down. These creeps next. Nigerian fanatics next. MOVE ON AND KEEP WINNING!!!


16 posted on 12/18/2017 10:39:18 AM PST by ZULU (DITCH MITCH!!! DUMP RYAN!! DROP DEAD MCCAIN!! KIM FATTY the THIRD = Kim Jung Un)
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To: Eddie01

While other forces here in the states want to invite all those poor fellas over here to enhance our diversity!


17 posted on 12/18/2017 10:51:05 AM PST by Mr. Dough (Who was the greater military man, General Tso or Col. Sanders?)
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To: AdmSmith; AnonymousConservative; Berosus; Bockscar; cardinal4; ColdOne; Convert from ECUSA; ...
Thanks Eddie01. Sounds like a drone strike, and a precise one. "Six terrorists, one with a 'I'm with Stupid' tattoo and and arrow pointing toward his own face; three were wearing Nike t-shirts; all six were sporting designer sunglasses and smart phones with wireless ear buds."

18 posted on 12/18/2017 10:56:47 AM PST by SunkenCiv (www.tapatalk.com/groups/godsgravesglyphs/, forum.darwincentral.org, www.gopbriefingroom.com)
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To: Eddie01

Wish we would wage a campaign against Somali extremists in this country. Only a matter of time until Somali terrorists trained in Somalia return to their homes in the US using plane tickets purchased by US tax payer dollars.


19 posted on 12/18/2017 11:05:01 AM PST by The Great RJ ("Socialists are happy until they run out of other people's money." Margaret Thatcherhttp://www.stone)
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To: Zathras

The Minneapolis airport is run by Islamic somalis.

What could possibly go wrong?


20 posted on 12/18/2017 11:34:00 AM PST by Uncle Miltie (CW II: One side has over 8 TRILLION bullets and the other side can't decide which bathroom to use.)
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