Its results are being evaluated, as land battles between jihadists and Somali government troops are still ongoing.
The US military launched air strike Tuesday against the jihadists Sempamp organization, which is adjacent to Al Qaeda ; this was the first such setback after he assumed the US presidency by Joe Biden in January, according to the Pentagon.
The US Joint Chiefs of Staff for Africa (USAFRICOM) has launched an “air raid on the outskirts of Galcayo,” Pentagon spokeswoman Cindy King told AFP.
The raid targeted Shebab fighters (“the youth” in Arabic) and its results are being evaluated, as land battles between jihadists and Somali government troops are still ongoing, the spokeswoman added. “The initial conclusion of the administration is that no civilian was injured or killed in this blow, ” she added.
Previous US airstrikes in Somalia were announced on January 19, when AFRICOM reported that three Shebab jihadists had been killed in two separate strikes south and north of the capital Mogadishu.
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When you took office Joe Biden, the day announced that restricted the use of the US military unmanned drone (Unmanned Aerial Vehicles, UAVs) for strikes against jihadist organizations beyond the theater of war in which the US officially involved, recalling the a decision to the contrary by Donald Trump’s predecessor, who had practically given a blank check to his generals for countries like Somalia.
In March, Pentagon spokesman John Kerby said all strikes against jihadist groups outside Afghanistan, Syria and Iraq were now being approved by the White House before being carried out.
The former president From the beginning of his term in 2016, Donald Trump relaxed the control that Barack Obama exercised in military operations against jihadist organizations, saying that he had “confidence in his generals”.
The UAVs then multiplied, going from 11 in Somalia in 2015 to 64 in 2019, according to Airwars.
Shortly before stepping down, Donald Trump ordered the withdrawal of some 700 U.S. Army Special Forces soldiers deployed in Somalia to train and advise Somali military personnel.
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