Posted on 06/09/2018 7:09:04 AM PDT by Theoria
A U.S. special-operations forces service member was killed and four others were wounded in Somalia Friday after they came under small-arms and mortar fire from suspected members of an al Qaeda affiliate, the Pentagon said.
A local service member also died, defense officials said. Three of the wounded U.S. service members and the one local fighter who was wounded in the attack were medically evacuated, the Pentagon said. The fourth wounded U.S. service member was treated in country, the Pentagon said.
The attack, at about 2:45 p.m. local time in Jubaland in southwest Somalia, happened during what was supposed to be a “train and advise” mission alongside local forces, not a mission that was expected to draw the troops into combat, the officials said.
About 800 members of the Somali National Security Forces and Kenyan Defense Force, accompanied by an unknown number of U.S. troops, were conducting a multiday mission about 220 miles southwest of Mogadishu when they came under attack, U.S. Africa Command said in a statement.
There are about 500 U.S. troops in Somalia, largely tasked with helping and training African Union and Somali national forces battling an estimated 5,000 al-Shabaab fighters there. Al-Shabaab is an al Qaeda affiliate that has claimed control of parts of the country for more than a decade.
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Why are we still there, and taking in their people? Just why?
Last fall, the Trump administration nearly doubled the U.S. troop presence in Somalia in a bid to tackle the expanding footprint of Islamist terrorist groups operating there.'
Still losing America’s best to BS foreign entanglements, while taking to slow road to MAGA.
But, hey, at least we get our dividends from Lockheed and Raytheon.
I am disappointed that we still have troops or advisors in Africa.
Western world has spent 200 years and billions to modernize africa...
“U.S. Special-Operations Member Killed in Somalia”
Dirty rotten shame. And for what? If we want to deal with Somalians we should deploy Special Ops to Minneapolis.
Because of domino’s man, it’s all about the dominoes. If Somalia falls, Eritrea could fall, and if Eritrea falls Uganda could fall, and if Uganda falls, Niger could fall! And even worse, they might start a space program, and then we’ll all have to live under a pan-african moon where they can drop atomic bombs on us from outer space.
Then we lose at least 50 or 60 thousand dollars in foreign trade!! Just the long row of dominoes.
dint almost this exact thing happen last year? never trust third worlders with operational plans
> Why are we still there, and taking in their people? Just why?
War profiteering is the primary agenda served by the US military today.
Insane that we have troops in almost every country on the globe, with virtually no genuine national security interest in any of them.
perhaps someone should tackle the expanding Somali terrorist footprint operating in the United States?
War profiteering is the primary agenda served by the US military today.
Insane that we have troops in almost every country on the globe, with virtually no genuine national security interest in any of them.
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I agree with every single word here.
Havent seen you in a while! Godspeed!
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