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US will build up to 5 Somali army bases in bid to combat al Qaeda-linked extremists
Fox News ^ | Feb 15, 2024

Posted on 02/15/2024 12:48:48 PM PST by McGruff

The U.S. will build up to five military bases for the Somali army in a project that seeks to bolster the Somalian national army's capabilities amid ongoing threats from an extremist group.

Somalia’s defense minister and the U.S. charge d’affaires signed a memorandum of understanding Thursday in Mogadishu, the Somali capital.

The agreement comes at a time when the African Union peacekeeping mission in Somalia, known as ATMIS, is scaling back its presence in Somalia.

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TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: africa; bases; somalia
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To: McGruff

So we left Afghanistan where we had the bases build and we will move to Somalia.


41 posted on 02/15/2024 2:24:13 PM PST by AZJeep
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To: McGruff

Many Islamic organizations and tribal/Islamist secfs/gangs operate in and out of Somalia so they are a major threat to shipping in the Red Sea/Arabian Sea and the Cape of Good Hope.

They have to be destroyed.


42 posted on 02/15/2024 2:44:28 PM PST by MadMax, the Grinning Reaper (Figures a)
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To: McGruff

“... in bid to combat al Qaeda-linked extremists”

How’d that work out in Syria?


43 posted on 02/15/2024 2:58:46 PM PST by BobL (Trump gets my vote, even if I have to write him in; Millions of others will do the same)
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To: aMorePerfectUnion

Why is the US paying to build bases in Somalia?

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Haven’t you heard the talking point? Even the Muslims that we DON’T let into the US are a gigantic threat to our lives.

Conveniently this will allow us to throw our political weight around in yet another foreign nation. And eventually Somalia will become dependent upon us for their security. At this point we’ll have the leverage we need to cram Leftist cultural values down their throats. Just one more step in expanding the empire.


44 posted on 02/15/2024 3:00:20 PM PST by Bishop_Malachi (Liberal Socialism - A philosophy which advocates spreading a low standard of living equally.)
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To: McGruff

Look at the good side of it. Maybe it is really a safe place to return Somalis in the US back to Somaliland!


45 posted on 02/15/2024 3:05:23 PM PST by Ruy Dias de Bivar
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To: McGruff

Send Omar as a prisoner to one of them.


46 posted on 02/15/2024 3:17:57 PM PST by mass55th (“Courage is being scared to death, but saddling up anyway.” ― John Wayne)
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To: aMorePerfectUnion
"Why is the US paying to build bases in Somalia?"

So they can spend billions of taxpayer dollars to build bases, equip them with troops, armor, artillery, vehicles, food, medicine, etc., then pull out, and leave all of it behind for the enemy. But think of how much money those politicians on both sides of the aisle, their family members, friends and big donors will be making in the meantime.

47 posted on 02/15/2024 3:22:27 PM PST by mass55th (“Courage is being scared to death, but saddling up anyway.” ― John Wayne)
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To: mass55th

“ So they can spend billions of taxpayer dollars”
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Also so they’ll, at some point, have yet another excuse to bring additional hundreds of thousands of Somalis here to enrich our culture.


48 posted on 02/15/2024 3:25:10 PM PST by House Atreides (I’m now ULTRA-MAGA. -PRO-MAX)
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To: House Atreides
"Also so they’ll, at some point, have yet another excuse to bring additional hundreds of thousands of Somalis here to enrich our culture."

Yep, that too, and strand hundreds of American Citizens there too, leaving them defenseless, like Bill Clinton and Les Aspin did our Army Rangers in October 1993.

49 posted on 02/15/2024 3:29:44 PM PST by mass55th (“Courage is being scared to death, but saddling up anyway.” ― John Wayne)
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To: McGruff

Minnesota Missions


50 posted on 02/15/2024 3:29:52 PM PST by linMcHlp
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To: McGruff

Cash for the squad and their Somalians.
#AmericanCitizensLast


51 posted on 02/15/2024 3:39:52 PM PST by momincombatboots (BQEphesians 6... who you are really at war with. )
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To: MadMax, the Grinning Reaper

We have millions of illegal invaders flooding our borders.

When that problem is solved then we start worrying about shipping in the Red Sea and the Arabian Sea.


52 posted on 02/15/2024 3:41:18 PM PST by cgbg ("Our democracy" = Their Kleptocracy)
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To: McGruff

Here we go again.


53 posted on 02/15/2024 3:52:12 PM PST by yuleeyahoo (“Pay no attention to the man behind the curtain!” - the deep-state)
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To: yuleeyahoo

Sorry, they will not be built when the USA goes bust. What happens when the stock market crashes and the money is worthless? Somalia will go to expanded Ethiopia.


54 posted on 02/15/2024 3:56:58 PM PST by Forward the Light Brigade ( Ride to the sound of the Guns!)
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To: McGruff
U.S. State Department does not get enough credit. < /sarc >
55 posted on 02/15/2024 4:01:23 PM PST by linMcHlp
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To: McGruff

“The Battle of Mogadishu (Somali: Maalintii Rangers, lit. ‘Day of the Rangers’), also known as the Black Hawk Down Incident, was part of Operation Gothic Serpent. It was fought on 3–4 October 1993, in Mogadishu, Somalia, between forces of the United States—supported by UNOSOM II—against the forces of the Somali National Alliance (SNA) and armed irregular citizens of south Mogadishu.”

I was there for it and was a helicopter pilot. I’ve always thought as that deployment being my Vietnam. We showed up with kindness in our hearts hoping to be able to actually help these people but by the time we left that was not the case. Tribal communities will do a tribal communities do.


56 posted on 02/15/2024 4:14:28 PM PST by Bigbrown
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To: Grampa Dave

Sounds like a fun place to vacation! I understand they have nice weather there.


57 posted on 02/15/2024 4:19:01 PM PST by Disambiguator
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To: Bigbrown

Thank you for your service.


58 posted on 02/15/2024 4:22:36 PM PST by McGruff (Don't underestimate Joe's ability to f*** things up - Barack Obama)
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To: McGruff

59 posted on 02/15/2024 5:21:16 PM PST by Chode (there is no fall back position, there's no rally point, there is no LZ... we're on our own. #FJB)
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To: Disambiguator

Yep! Great Weather with real friendly Africans!


60 posted on 02/15/2024 5:33:36 PM PST by Grampa Dave (“Surrender means wisely accommodating ourselves to what is beyond our control.” — Sylvia Boorstein.)
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