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Three Al-Shabaab militants killed in U.S airstrike-AFRICOM
2023-06-04
[GoobjoogNews] Three al-Shabaab
...... Somalia's version of the Taliban, functioning as an arm of al-Qaeda...
forces of Evil were killed in an Arclight airstrike
...KABOOM!...
on Thursday, the US Africa Command, AFRICOM has said.

AFRICOM said Friday the strike in Wayanta area located some 60 kilometres south of Kismayo
...a port city in the southern Lower Juba province of Somalia, at the extreme southern end of the country (always assuming Somalia can be called a country). It is the commercial capital of the autonomous Jubaland region....
in Jubaland killed three holy warriors.

AFRICOM added that there were no civilian casualties based on the initial assessment.

The strike is the second in a week after a similar one on May 26 when al-Shabaab forces of Evil attacked ATMIS base Bulo Mareer in Lower Shabelle region.

Second source has same story and a slightly useful map:



Related:
Kismayo: 2023-05-26 US designates key Al-Shabaab operatives, financiers in Somalia
Kismayo: 2023-03-31 Somalia army repulses Al-Shabaab raid in two military bases
Kismayo: 2023-03-24 Jubaland troops backed by Danab ransack Al-Shabaab bases
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