Al Shaba Archives - Jean-Jacques Cornish https://jjcornish.com/tag/al-shaba/ The low down on African affairs Mon, 29 Dec 2014 22:00:00 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.5 https://i0.wp.com/jjcornish.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/cropped-Fountain_Pen_favicon-812.png?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 Al Shaba Archives - Jean-Jacques Cornish https://jjcornish.com/tag/al-shaba/ 32 32 Another US air strike in Somalia https://jjcornish.com/2014/12/another-us-air-strike-somalia/ Mon, 29 Dec 2014 22:00:00 +0000 https://jjcornish.com/2014/12/another-us-air-strike-somalia/ The United States has carried out an airstrike against what the Pentagon’s calling call a senior al-Shabab leader in Somalia. The US spokesman says officials don’t believe there were civilian casualties. It’s not known if the airstrike hit its target.   Three months ago a US airstrike in Somalia killed al-Shabab leader Ahmed Abdi Godane. […]

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]]> The United States has carried out an airstrike against what the Pentagon’s calling call a senior al-Shabab leader in Somalia.

The US spokesman says officials don’t believe there were civilian casualties.

It’s not known if the airstrike hit its target.

 

Three months ago a US airstrike in Somalia killed al-Shabab leader Ahmed Abdi Godane.

Washington’s help’s been sought to curb the al-Qaida affiliated al-Shabab which is trying to overthrow the Somali government and turn the country into a conservative Islamic state.

Somali and African Union troops have had success in turning back the militants over the past year – forcing them out of the capital Mogadishu and other towns.

The US has not identified the leader targeted in the latest strike

 

 

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