Kudos to the Trump Admin for focusing on terror in Africa. People focus too much on ISIS and al Qaeda yet the breeding ground for these groups comes out of Africa – PB/TK
US Carries Out Airstrike Against Al-Shabab in Somalia – / July 4 2017
The U.S. military says it has carried out an airstrike against al-Shabab in Somalia as the Trump administration quietly steps up efforts against the deadliest Islamic extremist group in Africa.
Pentagon spokeswoman Maj. Audricia M. Harris said the strike occurred Sunday afternoon Somalia time and the U.S. was assessing the results.
She did not call it a drone strike. Somali officials have said the U.S. has carried out several drone strikes in recent years against the al-Qaida-linked al-Shabab.
The airstrike follows one in June that the U.S. said killed eight Islamic extremists at a rebel command and logistics camp in the country’s south. Somalia President Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed said Somali and partner forces destroyed the training camp near Sakow, in the Middle Juba region.
Continue to military.com article: http://www.military.com/daily-news/2017/07/04/us-carries-airstrike-al-shabab-somalia.html
