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U.S. officials this week requested the geographic coordinates of aid groups working in Somalia, according to a document obtained by The Intercept — a move that could indicate an escalation of military action against the Shabab. The notice to NGOs comes a month after President Trump declared portions of the country an “area of active hostilities,” giving the military wider scope to launch strikes that could potentially kill more civilians.
“Due to the need for increased operational security in Somalia, and based on best practices in other complex emergencies, humanitarian and development organizations may want to provide information about their fixed locations in Somalia for deconfliction,” states the letter, written by USAID’s Office of U.S. Foreign Disaster Assistance (OFDA) and intended for “all international and local humanitarian and development organizations with operations in Somalia.” Aid groups have an extensive presence in Somalia, where the government declared a state of disaster in February due to crippling drought and food shortages.
originally posted by: burdman30ott6
a reply to: CriticalStinker
He also campaigned on actively destroying ISIS, which is very much active in Somalia.
originally posted by: starwarsisreal
a reply to: CriticalStinker
First Syria, now Somalia and soon to be North Korea?
How many soldiers need to die to fill up some Washington fat cats' wallet?
originally posted by: CriticalStinker
U.S. officials this week requested the geographic coordinates of aid groups working in Somalia, according to a document obtained by The Intercept — a move that could indicate an escalation of military action against the Shabab. The notice to NGOs comes a month after President Trump declared portions of the country an “area of active hostilities,” giving the military wider scope to launch strikes that could potentially kill more civilians.
“Due to the need for increased operational security in Somalia, and based on best practices in other complex emergencies, humanitarian and development organizations may want to provide information about their fixed locations in Somalia for deconfliction,” states the letter, written by USAID’s Office of U.S. Foreign Disaster Assistance (OFDA) and intended for “all international and local humanitarian and development organizations with operations in Somalia.” Aid groups have an extensive presence in Somalia, where the government declared a state of disaster in February due to crippling drought and food shortages.
U.S. signals possible airstrikes in Somalia by asking aid groups for their locations
Looks like we have a new developing front. This is disheartening to say the least concidering he campaigned on less foreign projection so we can focus on domestic issues.
But it appears we have yet another advocate for continuing war that will enrich the military industrial complex at the expense of lives of our military, civilians, and the tax payers.
These issues all around the globe are not an obligation of the US, but the global community as a whole. Continuing to dictate foreign policy will only distance us from our allies and give ammunition to our enemies.
originally posted by: burdman30ott6
a reply to: CriticalStinker
He also campaigned on actively destroying ISIS, which is very much active in Somalia.
Actually there's even a thread where the US supports people connected to ISIS in Indonesia.
originally posted by: olaru12
America is in the neocon business of war. You elected a businessman that just folded to the neocons. What did you expect.
MAGA....if you can't see Jareds plan by now, I don't know what to tell you.
originally posted by: starwarsisreal
a reply to: neo96
Even so let's not deny the fact that attacking Assad is only helping ISIS. Sooner later when Assad falls, ISIS or any other Jihadi group will be taking over Syria.
originally posted by: CriticalStinker
ISIS is just a new word for Islamic extremists which is an idea.
You can't destroy an idea. And the way we've attempted merely fuels it. The middle east is a far worse landscape than it was before 2001.