This photograph supplied by U.S. Africa Command, the U.S. navy conducts coordinated airstrikes towards Islamic State operatives in Somalia on Saturday.
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President Trump stated he ordered airstrikes towards ISIS operatives within the Golis Mountains in Somalia this morning in a strike coordinated with the Somali authorities.
In a publish on Reality Social, Trump introduced the “precision” airstrikes, saying the try to focus on the “Senior ISIS Assault Planner” was profitable.
“The strikes destroyed the caves they dwell in, and killed many terrorists with out, in any means, harming civilians,” Trump posted.
The White Home declined to offer additional info on the strike, like what number of ISIS operatives had been killed.
However Protection Secretary Pete Hegseth stated in a press release that the Pentagon’s preliminary evaluation is that a number of ISIS operatives had been killed, and he reiterated no civilians had been harmed.
He stated the strike, carried out by the US-Africa command, sends “a transparent sign” that the U.S. is able to discover and eradicate terrorists who threaten the U.S. and its allies.
“This motion additional degrades [ISIS’] capability to plot and conduct terrorist assaults threatening U.S. residents, our companions, and harmless civilians,” Hegseth stated within the assertion.
Trump criticized former President Biden for not performing shortly sufficient to focus on this specific operative — although the Biden White Home did conduct different airstrikes in Somalia throughout his time period, concentrating on Al Qaeda and ISIS positions.
