This photograph offered by U.S. Africa Command, the U.S. navy conducts coordinated airstrikes in opposition to Islamic State operatives in Somalia on Saturday.
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President Trump mentioned he ordered airstrikes in opposition to an ISIS operatives within the Golis Mountains in Somalia this morning in a strike coordinated with the Somali authorities.
In a put up on Fact Social, Trump introduced the “precision” airstrikes, saying the try to focus on the “Senior ISIS Attack Planner” was profitable.
“The strikes destroyed the caves they live in, and killed many terrorists without, in any way, harming civilians,” Trump posted.
The White Home declined to offer additional data on the strike, like what number of ISIS operatives have been killed.
However Protection Secretary Pete Hegseth mentioned in a press release that the Pentagon’s initital evaluation is that a number of ISIS operatives have been killed, and he reiterated no civillians have been harmed.
He mentioned the strike, performed by the US-Africa command, sends “a clear signal” that the U.S. is able to discover and get rid of terrorists who threaten the U.S. and its allies.
“This action further degrades ISIS’s ability to plot and conduct terrorist attacks threatening U.S. citizens, our partners, and innocent civilians,” Hegseth mentioned within the assertion.
Trump criticized Biden for not performing shortly sufficient to focus on this explicit operative — although the Biden White Home did conduct different airstrikes in Somalia throughout his time period, concentrating on Al Qaeda and ISIS positions.
