...KABOOM!...
against ISIS holy warriors.
The airstrike conducted today by AFRICOM focused on ISIS members and leaders who were congregating in the southeastern area of Bosasso
...Puntland's major (maybe only) port, population about 250,000, most of them shady characters who hang around waterfront dives and carry knives and brass knuckles...
, Puntland
...a region in northeastern Somalia, centered on Garowe in the Nugaal province. Its leaders declared the territory an autonomous state in 1998. Puntland and the equally autonomous Somaliland seem to have avoided the clan rivalries and warlordism that have typified the rest of Somalia, which puts both places high on the list for Islamic subversion...
This operation bolsters the efforts of Puntland Darwish forces to eliminate terrorist groups particularly ISIS in the region.
Preliminary evaluations suggest that multiple ISIS fighters were neutralized, with no reported civilian casualties.
The Federal Government of Somalia, supported by international partners like AFRICOM, remains committed to combating ISIS and al-Shabaab
... al-Qaeda's tentacle in East Africa...
, which pose significant threats to both national and global security.