US conducts 6 airstrikes against Somalia extremists, 62 dead

[DonViejo]

Source: Associated Press



By The Associated Press
an hour ago

JOHANNESBURG (AP) — The U.S. military says it has carried out six airstrikes in the Gandarshe area of Somalia which killed a total of 62 al-Shabab extremist rebels.

In a statement issued Monday, the U.S. military’s Africa Command said it carried out four strikes on Dec. 15 in which 34 people were killed and two more on Dec. 16 which killed 28. All the air attacks were in the Gandarshe coastal area south of the capital, Mogadishu, it said.

No civilians were injured or killed in the attacks, it said.

All six strikes were carried out in close coordination with Somalia’s government, it said. The airstrikes were “conducted to prevent al-Shabab from using remote areas as a safe haven to plot, direct, inspire, and recruit for future attacks,” it said.

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[Roy Rolling]

1. DOD

We are awaiting the Department of Defense official assessment to determine if we have sufficiently wagged the dog.

[Scruffy1]

2. Body counts.

So if you kill off everyone in a country you win?

[christx30]

3. I'm sure that if you make the idea of continued conflict

horrible for the extremists, and they surrender, that would mean you win.

[KG]

4. this makes u.s. safer, how?

[IcyPeas]

5. call me skeptical, but

how do they know exactly that on Dec. 15th 34 were killed
and on Dec. 16th 28 were killed?
and no civilian casualties?
Who goes out and counts?

uh, ok.