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US airstrike takes out terrorist bomb-maker in Somalia
https://americanmilitarynews.com/2020/08/us-airstrike-takes-out-terrorist-bomb-maker-in-somalia/ ^ | AUGUST 20, 2020 | RYAN MORGAN

Posted on 08/20/2020 9:48:47 PM PDT by Beowulf9

The U.S. Africa Command (AFRICOM) has taken out a high-value member of the Al Shabaab terror group in Somalia on Thursday.

AFRICOM confirmed the successful airstrike in an emailed statement to American Military News. The Al Shabaab member, who was not named, had a history of making explosives and was reportedly working to place Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs) on a public road at the time of the strike near the vicinity of Kurtun Warey, Somalia.

(Excerpt) Read more at americanmilitarynews.com ...


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: africom; airstrike; alshabaab; bomb; kurtunwarey; rintintroll; somalia; terrorist
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1 posted on 08/20/2020 9:48:47 PM PDT by Beowulf9
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To: Beowulf9

Al-Kababs on a stick, Al-Kababs on a stick, get ‘em while they’re hot.


2 posted on 08/20/2020 9:54:39 PM PDT by rfp1234 (Caveat Emperor)
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To: Beowulf9

72 virgins just got work


3 posted on 08/20/2020 9:59:32 PM PDT by BigEdLB (BigedLB, Russian BOT, At your service)
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To: Beowulf9

Good shot!


4 posted on 08/20/2020 10:03:32 PM PDT by familyop ( "Welcome to Costco. I love you." - -Costco greeter in the movie, "Idiocracy".)
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To: Beowulf9

Wait, Ilhan Omar moved home?!


5 posted on 08/20/2020 10:03:35 PM PDT by Regulator
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To: Beowulf9

Where’s the video?!!!


6 posted on 08/20/2020 10:05:59 PM PDT by norcal joe
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To: Beowulf9

And yet, according to the Democrats, President Trump is doing nothing.

That’s what they kept saying during the convention.


7 posted on 08/20/2020 10:06:03 PM PDT by proud American in Canada (In these trying times, "Give Me Liberty or Give me Death!")
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To: rfp1234

lol


8 posted on 08/20/2020 10:08:40 PM PDT by dp0622 (I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO ABOUT THE COVID GODFATHER I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO. YOU CAN ACT LIKE A MAN!)
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To: Beowulf9
That's the way I like it,
Uhhuh, uhhuh.
9 posted on 08/20/2020 10:09:05 PM PDT by A Navy Vet (I'm not Islamophobic - I'm Islamo nauseated. Also LGBTQxyz nauseated)
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To: Beowulf9

"He blowed up real good."

10 posted on 08/20/2020 10:11:06 PM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: BigEdLB

Kind of ironic, thousands are being murdered in American cities, but so many Americans care more about bombing missions half a world away. This is the neocon mindset. It gave us covid, if you think about it. Our trillions in “national security” spending was spent “securing” borders in the Middle East, and none of it to secure the American people from biological threats here at home - threats that actually harmed us, unlike Iraq , Afghanistan and Syria


11 posted on 08/20/2020 10:22:48 PM PDT by rintintin
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To: rintintin

What exactly ‘gave us covid, if you think about it.” ?

or are you just trolling ?


12 posted on 08/20/2020 10:32:37 PM PDT by A strike (" Was that wrong? Should I not have done this? " - Costanza)
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To: norcal joe

Yeah where’s the video?


13 posted on 08/20/2020 10:42:11 PM PDT by jmacusa (If we're all equal how is diversity our strength?)
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To: Beowulf9

“He blowed up real good!”


14 posted on 08/20/2020 10:45:59 PM PDT by Beagle8U (Slo-Joe Biden... puts the DEM in Dementia.)
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To: A strike

What exactly ‘gave us covid, if you think about it.” ?

China, obviously. And we had no civil defense program to protect us. All our “national security” money is blown on neocon invasions and nationbuilding in the other side of the planet

And if you think Chinese covid isn’t a national security menace, it’s done far more damage to Americans and our economy than ISIS.


15 posted on 08/20/2020 10:47:12 PM PDT by rintintin
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To: Beowulf9

More winning.


16 posted on 08/20/2020 11:10:19 PM PDT by metmom (...fixing our eyes on Jesus, the Author and Perfecter of our faith...)
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To: rintintin

Yes, China obviously.

Are you suggesting that we should have had a national security (military) response to the CommunistChina virus ?
And what kind of civil defense program do you think we should have had, lockdown the entire nation, shutdown the entire nation, masks or criminal penalty ? apply for the job

“...neocon invasions and nation building ...” was Bush and Hussein. You make it sound like PDJT is responsible for where we are.

Yes CommunistChinese virus is a national security menace as is everything about CommunistChina but only one man is doing anything about it.


17 posted on 08/20/2020 11:11:07 PM PDT by A strike (" Was that wrong? Should I not have done this? " - Costanza)
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To: A strike

And what kind of civil defense program do you think we should have had, lockdown the entire n

A civil defense program against biochemical agents, obviously. That would have started with a full supply of protective gear and a CDC that focused on pinpointing and developing tests for and vaccines against diseases - including bioweapons - not on gun control and social programs.

But we were too busy doing “national security” by invading the Middle East for 20 wasted years


18 posted on 08/20/2020 11:34:55 PM PDT by rintintin
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We also would have had a much stronger entry protection system at all our borders, airports and ports, with medical testing for everyone coming in

But for decades our government has been concerned only about protecting borders in the Middle East - not our own national borders


19 posted on 08/20/2020 11:37:34 PM PDT by rintintin
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but so many Americans care more about bombing missions half a world away.


In my case, not really more. I would say, in addition to. We have troops in country that face IED’s on a daily basis. One less turdball making them, makes the strike a worthwhile endeavor in my book.
But I can understand your p.o.v.


20 posted on 08/20/2020 11:39:24 PM PDT by centermass_socrates (Keep it clean, keep it loaded, and keep it handy..)
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