Somali insurgents on Monday mounted an ambitious attack on a base where U.S. spe...
MOGADISHU - Somali insurgents on Monday mounted an ambitious attack on a base where U.S. special forces train Somali commandos, while an Italian military convoy was hit in a separate blast in the capital Mogadishu.Twin vehicle-borne bombs at the Baledogle base, where Somali forces and Ugandan peacekeepers are also housed, were followed by small arms fire, a security source and Somali police said.
The U.S. military said that U.S. and partner forces had killed 10 militants and destroyed a vehicle after the attack..Somali state news agency SONNA reported that all the militants who took part in the assault had been killed. “It implies they have a high intelligence and a degree of capability just to get close to that place,” he told Reuters.Monday’s attacks follow a dip in U.S. airstrikes in Somalia. Africa Command has carried out four in the past two months, compared with 28 in the first three months of 2019.
Last year the Pentagon said it would withdraw hundreds of troops focused on counterterrorism operations in Africa, as the military increasingly focuses on China and Russia. Al Shabaab is fighting to overthrow the weak, U.N.-backed Somali government and enforce its own strict version of Islamic law in a country riven by civil war since 1991.
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