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Posted on 11/28/2020 8:50:23 AM PST by xomething
A huge blast went off in Mogadishu on Friday, killing at least seven people, hours after U.S. acting Secretary of Defense Christopher Miller made an unannounced visit to the Somali capital.
Witnesses said a suicide bomber blew himself up at Gelato Devino, a popular ice cream shop along the road to the airport.
Amin Ambulance, one of Mogadishu’s ambulance services, said at least seven people had been killed in the attack. Somali police said another 10 people had been wounded.
The al-Qaida-linked al-Shabab extremist group claimed responsibility for the attack, according to the SITE Intelligence Group. Al-Shabab frequently carries out attacks in Mogadishu as part of its bid to overthrow the Somali government and impose its strict interpretation of Islamic law.
The Pentagon said Friday that Miller celebrated Thanksgiving on Thursday with U.S. military personnel and contractors in Mogadishu and at Camp Lemonnier in nearby Djibouti.
Miller’s surprise visit came following reports that U.S. President Donald Trump is planning to withdraw most of the 750 U.S. military personnel who are in Mogadishu, training and supporting the Somali army.
Somali government officials and opposition leaders strongly condemned Friday’s attack. Somali Prime Minister Mohamed Hussein Roble sent his condolences to the families of the victims and called on Somalis to unite against terrorism.
Somali police said among those killed were young professionals, including a staffer from the Somali Embassy in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
Moslems hate ice cream?
Has anyone told Nancy Pelosi?
Why are any Americans still going to that blight on the planet?
I think maybe the President should keep the people he wants around close to home. Maybe don’t have them all In Washington but keep them safe. The liberals and deep state will be out for blood.
After we encourage Russia and China to build their own United Nations buildings, in Moscow and Beijing, for the UN to use in a looong rotation with New York, the next UN building after that should be built in Mogadishu.
It’s a competition for the biggest hell on planet earth
Competitors
Somalia
yeah pretty much any country in northern Africa
Afghanistan Iran.
Syria Lebanon
Venezuela North Korea
We’ll see if we can come up with some other ones
My son-in-law was deployed there last year, came home after Thanksgiving last November. That is exactly how he described it there, hell on earth. They had one attack on their compound at night and luckily kicked the crap out of ISIS with no injuries or casualties on our side. It was very scary though for my daughter waiting to hear from him after it was over. Operation Enduring Freedom, Horn of Africa, C Troop, 1st Squadron, 102nd Cavalry. Son-in-law joined up when he was 17 in the NJ National Guard, soon went full time Army and then active duty since 9/11. He’ll be retiring in 2 more years.
Forgot to add, my son-in-law is a Master Sergeant, received a promotion while over there.
Seeing his Grandpa for the first time
First night home with his family again
Thanks so much for sharing and your HONORABLE SERVICE!!!
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