The Hidden Damage of Trump's Secret War in Somalia - Defense One - 0 views
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The number of U.S. airstrikes, drone strikes, and ground raids in Somalia have risen each year of the Trump administration: from 13 under Obama in 2016, the annual totals rose to 38 in 2017, 47 in 2018, and 55 so far in 2019, by New America’s count.
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Officials with U.S. Africa Command, which carries out these strikes, asserts that these they have resulted in the targeted killing of hundreds of al-Shabaab militants, and no civilians have been killed in any U.S. airstrikes since April 2018.
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In 2017, American troops deployed to Somalia for the first since the “Black Hawk Down” incident a quarter-century ago.
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