Posted on 01/17/2020 5:25:49 PM PST by E. Pluribus Unum
More than a week after an attack by al-Shabaab that killed three Americans, including a soldier, the Pentagon announced a deadly airstrike was carried out in Somalia on the designated terrorist group.
U.S. Africa Command, or AFRICOM, said the strikes were conducted in the area of Qunyo Barrow, Somalia, on Thursday, killing two members of the group. The State Department has designated al-Shabaab as a Foreign Terrorist Organization affiliated with al-Qaeda.
“Al-Shabaab presents a threat to America, the African people, and our international partners,” said U.S. Army Maj. Gen. William Gayler of AFRICOM. No civilians were killed or injured in the airstrikes.
During a briefing on Thursday, Pentagon spokesman Jonathan Hoffman didn’t elaborate when he was asked about what the agency will do in response to the attack.
“We are continuing to work with Kenya on efforts against al-Shabaab. … I can’t speak to future operations against al-Shabaab, but we are working with our forces in Kenya and our partners there to degrade the threat that is in Kenya,” he told the Military Times.
The Pentagon said two of its personnel and an Army soldier were killed in the early January terrorist attack on the Manda Bay base in Kenya. The family of the slain soldier, Henry Mayfield, confirmed his death shortly after the attack.
“He loved his family and spending quality time with his siblings,” Carmoneta, Mayfield’s mother, said in a statement to local media. “I last spoke with him New Year’s Day via FaceTime. We discussed him not having to go to Somalia and he told me everything was good and safe at his base. He told me everything would be okay. Those were his last words to me.”
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Betting the usual democrats oppose this. After all, the dem party has aligned itself with muzzies.
Ilhan 0mar loses two more friends. snif :`(
Good. One down and a lot to go....but these folks are learning that they can’t hit the US without repercussions.
Not enough digits to that number.
Gee, we got two of them.
Only two.....most likely more....just don’t want to.inflame em....(no pun intended)probably separated all the cells of the victims
Two is better than none.
Rumor is they died under the “Birthplace of Barack Obama” sign.
What is the cost per head of jihadis now, $5 million?
AFRICOM. That’s a critical American interest if I ever saw one.
Instead of Americans dying for Kenya, maybe we should stop all travel from there, and send em a few cases of guts and Winchesters. Or better yet, a few C-17 loads of cheap machetes and radio transmitters.
If Africans care enough, they’ll do a Rwanda on the moslems if we can just convince our idiotic selves to stay outta the way.
The number may change after they do a head count.
I’m sure the cost can be reduced with volume.
For now.
That’s a pretty crappy exchange ratio - 2:1. At that rate, the jihadists can trade KIA’s all day for the rest of time with us.
If you can’t find a head, will two legs (left and right) equal one head? Bean counters want to know.
Betting the usual democrats oppose this. After all, the dem party has aligned itself with muzzies.
Aligned with any group or political philosophy espousing one party rule and death to non-believers.
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