Trump says he ordered air strikes to the Somali Islamic Group ncvrs.com

Donald Trump says he has set up military air strikes from an older attack designer and the Somali Islamic State (IS) group.

“These murderers we hid in the caves threatened the United States and our allies,” Trump announced in social media.

“The strikes destroyed the caves they live in and killed many terrorists without damaging civilians in any way.”

In an X post of President President’s office, he said they had been informed of a leading US strike in the northern part of the country.

The BBC was unable to check the reports independently.

Trump did not name the people targeted in the strikes.

The president concluded: “For ISIS and anyone who attacks the Americans,” we will find and kill! “

In the X message, Hassan Sheikh Mohammud, the Somali President’s office, said that “he recognizes the unequivocal support of the United States in the fight against international terrorism and welcomes the constant commitment under the decisive leadership of President Donald Trump.”

The post also said that the latest operation “confirms the close security partnership between Somalia and the United States to fight extreme threats.”

US Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth stated in a statement: “Our initial assessment is that several professionals were killed in air strikes and citizens were not harmed.”

Hegseth said that strikes “further worsen” the ability to “plan and execute terrorist attacks” and “send a clear signal that the United States is always ready to find and eliminate terrorists.”

He said the strikes were made in the Golis Mountains, northeast of Somalia.

In the northeastern part of Somalia, he thanked the Puntland government to the “International Friends”, who participated in air strikes that “killed high-ranking members” to IS.

In the 2010s, it became an international prominence, especially in Syria and Iraq, but now its presence is primarily limited to parts of Africa.

The Somali branch was also created in 2015 by a group of al-Shabab-linked al-Shabab, the largest jihadist group of Somalia, the al-Qaeda-linked group.

In Somalia, he is notorious about the blackmail of the locals and carries out primarily small, sporadic attacks, According to the US Office of the National Intelligence DirectorOr

Trump’s Saturday statement also slipped in the previous administration, stating that the US military had been targeting the designer for years, but Joe Biden “and his chronicles” accused “not behaving fast enough” to do the job. I am. He did it! “

The murdered forces of the United States are the leader, Bilal Al-Sudani and 10 experts in a distant mountain cave, Somalia, 2023, Biden.

One of the most recent measures that Trump took when he left the White House in 2020 was to attract hundreds of American troops from Somalia. Less than two weeks after his return, he ordered the first attacks on the nation.

Trump claims that he does not want the United States to participate in conflicts in other countries, while Biden wanted to draw America’s involvement in the September 11 conflicts.

But Washington sees Somalia differently. The United States has invested a great deal in the country for decades to withhold the threat of al-Shabab.

Trump had strikes in the first cycle, despite pulling the teams in the eleventh hour of his presidency. Biden reversed this decision when he took over the US presence in 2021. In his second cycle, Trump has kept the teams there so far.

But it is likely that you will eventually use another approach, not only in Somalia, but also in the African continent as a whole. Former defense secretary, Mark Esper, said in a memory that Trump “did not see much value” in any American military staff or diplomat – anywhere on the continent.

This may be more like Somalia, when al-Shabab becomes more flexible and the United States may decide not to be worth it.

Trump 1.0 saw that it did not prioritize the information with Africa, two sub-Sahara, African leader, but never went on the continent.

Trump 2.0 is likely to see Africa through a competitive lens, as US opponents are enormously expanding their commercial influences on the continent.