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2024-01-23 Africa Horn
Somali, US forces target Al-Shabaab base, kill at least four militants
[ShabelleMedia] The SNA forces with the help of the US military carried out a planned operation to kill members of the al-Shabaab
... al-Qaeda's tentacle in East Africa...
in the Lower Jubba region, Jubaland.

The joint operation took place in an area, about 45 km to the north 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....
, the capital of the Lower Jubba region, according to a statement issued by the government.

The statement indicated that four members of al-Shabaab were killed in the operation.

There were no casualties of civilians in the area as a result of the Somali-US operation targeting al-Shabaab members in the Lower Jubba region under Jubaland state control.

The U.S. has an estimated 450 military personnel in Somalia after President Joe The Big Guy Biden
...46th president of the U.S. Former Senator-for-Life from Delaware, an example of the kind of top-notch Washington intellect to be found in the World's Greatest Deliberative Body....
reversed his predecessor Donald Trump
...dictatorial for repealing some (but not all) of the diktats of his predecessor, misogynistic because he likes pretty girls, homophobic because he doesn't think gender bending should be mandatory, truly a man for all seasons......
’s decision to withdraw American forces.

The U.S. supports Somali forces and a multinational African Union
...a union consisting of 53 African states, most run by dictators of one flavor or another. The only all-African state not in the AU is Morocco. Established in 2002, the AU is the successor to the Organisation of African Unity (OAU), which was even less successful...
force with dronezaps, intelligence, and training the Danab brigade, an elite SNA unit. # id) ?>
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