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A U.S. drone aircraft fired on two leaders of a militant Somali organization tied to al-Qaeda, apparently wounding them, a senior U.S. military official familiar with the operation said Wednesday.
The strike last week against senior members of al-Shabab comes amid growing concern within the U.S. government that some leaders of the Islamist group are collaborating more closely with al-Qaeda to strike targets beyond Somalia, the military official said.
The airstrike makes Somalia at least the sixth country where the United States is using drone aircraft to conduct lethal attacks, joining Afghanistan, Pakistan, Libya, Iraq and Yemen. And it comes as the CIA is expected to begin flying armed drones over Yemen in its hunt for al-Qaeda operatives.
US taps $45M in gear for terror fight in Somalia
Originally posted by jam321
Somalia will more than likely just be an occasional drone strike.
For the most part, we have several African nations fighting our battle there.
Of course, we are training these African troops in Djibouti and financing the operation.
US taps $45M in gear for terror fight in Somalia
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Personally, I don't see the difference in training an army/funding them, and sending our own troops. I mean, I guess it fools everyone to think we're not at war...but just because the soldiers aren't Americans it means we aren't fighting the war?
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