US airstrikes hit Islamic Union militia positions in Somalia

US airpower, utilizing AC-130 gunships, struck a target deep in Somalia. The mission targeted Fazul Abdullah Mohammed, whom the Americans suspect of orchestrating the 1998 attacks in Tanzania and Kenya.

The Somali government authorized the strike and claims the operation was a success.

However, locals in the area report heavy civilian casualties. Government officials have confirmed that roughly 30 people were killed, including an entire family of six.

Following the initial strike, reports are coming in of follow-up attacks involving both fixed-wing aircraft and helicopters. It remains unclear if these helicopters are American or Ethiopian.

Heavy fighting is also being reported between Somali and Ethiopian forces against the Islamic Union. Combat is concentrated in hilly, forested terrain near the Kenyan border, making movement for tanks and armored vehicles extremely difficult.

Residents of Kismayo say 89 soldiers have been returned to the city, most of them wounded. Some troops sent word to Mogadishu describing how they were ambushed by approximately 2,000 mujahideen in that region.

Yesterday, armed attackers targeted Ethiopian and government forces in Mogadishu. Using two vehicles, the attackers hit government soldiers guarding the entrance to the headquarters where Ethiopian troops were stationed.

A taxi driver witnessing the scene described a fierce firefight, noting that the attackers even launched an anti-tank missile at their opponents. It is still unknown exactly how many soldiers were killed in the clash.

Protests against the Ethiopian presence in Somalia and the chaos following the collapse of the Islamic government have been ongoing for days, resulting in numerous casualties. Government troops have opened fire on demonstrators, and the protests have spread from Mogadishu to other cities.

The situation in Somalia is incredibly volatile, and there is no telling which way things will go from here.

Al Jazeera, KC, and others

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Essentially, we're looking at a new Iraq, Afghanistan, or Vietnam.

A family member and a pet passed away. You just know they're gonna roll out those photos of wrapped-up old ladies in prayer cloths, right? It’s always the same classic routine whenever some jihadists get taken out—they serve up those heart-wrenching stories and all those wrapped-up prayer shawls.

steelpanther50 said:A whole family wiped out along with the pet. Now they'll probably expect photos of women wrapped in mourning veils. It’s the same old playbook whenever militants get taken out—suddenly it's all heartbreaking news stories and pictures of grieving widows.

That says everything I need to know about your character.

Thanks. 😬

Al Jazeera, KC, and whoever else

I've seen enough.

Bye-bye, Fazul Abdullah Mohammed. On to the next one!

I mean, how am I supposed to help when these extremists always hide behind innocent civilians? If they actually gave a damn about the elderly or their little kids, they’d stay far away from them, right? But they know exactly how much we care about those people, so isn't it just typical that they always end up involving some random family and their dog in the middle of the mess?

Wouldn't it be just perfect if we tossed a picture of a kid's toy right in the middle of all those ruins to really set the mood?

You need both Reuters and those local freelance photographers in the mix for this to even work. You spend all this time obsessing over the set design and the setup, and then if Reuters doesn't show up, the whole thing is a total wash. All that effort wiretapping just goes down the drain while you're stuck hauling bodies out of some tiny-town morgue.

steelpanther50 said:It’d be perfect if they tossed in a photo of a child's toy among the rubble just to really drive the mood home.

I mean, back when the Israelis were operating in Southern Lebanon a few months ago—you know, after they wiped out that Zionist livestock and one of those counter-attacks from a ground floor sent a little girl to her grave... they kept those exact same tragedies on standby. If some godforsaken reporter needed a fresh angle, they’d just dig them right back out of the debris.

The BBC and Reuters even ran a segment using the same corpse of a little girl, just repackaged in a totally different setting. It’s pretty obvious. These Anglo-Saxon puppets are basically in cahoots with those Hezbollah fascists, all to manufacture these hyper-realistic stories. The whole goal is to finally convince the lobotomized masses of self-loathing, secular-progressive Europeans that followers of this "religion of peace" are always, strictly, nothing but victims.

I guess about 80% of Americans fall into that same trap—just a bunch of post-Cold War, "hate everything coming from the States" types who happen to be obsessed with certain religious groups. Maybe the only thing that'll actually wake them up is experiencing firsthand what people in places like Canada, or Jewish communities, or anyone else living on the border of that genocidal ideology, have to deal with every single day.

steelpanther50 said:What am I supposed to do about the fact that jihadists always hide behind innocent civilians? If they actually gave a damn about women and children, they’d stay far away from them. But they know we get worked up over this, so they make sure at least one large family and their dog end up in the crosshairs.

But those so-called 'jihadists'—the ones the people actually choose—are well aware that YOU always get triggered by the thousands of civilians killed in Iraq, Afghanistan, and now Somalia, or even back in Palestine. They justify everything by claiming they're targeting some imaginary, non-existent terrorists. And whenever a tragedy occurs, the excuse is always the same: "it was a mistake" or "terrorists were hiding among the civilians." It's such a blatant lie that even a toddler could see through it. Why did the mujahideen pull out of Kabul before the final clash? Because they knew these maniacs would drop cluster bombs on the population, so they retreated to prevent that. Even so, Kabul still suffered immense destruction, though perhaps less than it would have otherwise.

It was the same story in Mogadishu, the capital of Somalia; the mujahideen withdrew from populated areas to stop these maniacs from committing massacres against civilians. We saw much of the same pattern play out in Baghdad.

Of course, their own terror attacks are justified by hunting down phantom terrorists, and when they miss their intended targets, they just strike at civilians instead. 👎

It’s the exact same scenario we saw during the last aggression in Canada, where citizens of all backgrounds in Ottawa were targeted by shelling and snipers. Those same terrorists used the very same "justification" you're citing now. To refuse to condemn such barbaric acts, and to go looking for non-existent excuses for them, is its own form of terrorism and crime.

vividheron2 said:When the Israelis were operating in Southern Lebanon a few months back and cleared out that livestock, even after one of those ground-floor retaliatory strikes killed a little girl... they kept the body right there, ready to be dug out of the rubble whenever some non-believing reporter needed a fresh scoop.

The BBC and Reuters ran pieces showing the exact same corpse but in a completely different setting. It’s obvious the "Anglo-Saxon collaborators" were working hand-in-hand with those Hezbollah fascists just to manufacture convincing footage. Their goal? To finally convince the lobotomized masses of self-loathing, secular-progressive Europeans that followers of this "religion of peace" are nothing but perpetual victims.

About 80% of Americans fall into this same trap of post-communist, hate-everything-coming-from-the-West, Islamophile nonsense. The only thing that will snap them back to reality is when they experience firsthand what people in Canada, Israel, and other nations face daily while living next to such a genocidal religion.

A genocidal religion? Wow, you really are a complete idiot, no doubt about it. You seem to have conveniently forgotten who slaughtered thousands of Muslims, Jews, and others when Christian armies marched on Jerusalem. You forgot who led at least seven Crusades against Muslim lands, you forgot that Hitler emerged from a core of Christians rather than Muslims, and you forgot that Communists—not Muslims—invented the ideology that claimed millions of innocent lives. You ignored the fact that both World Wars were fought under Christian flags, costing tens of millions of innocent civilians. You forgot the Inquisition, and you’re ignoring how certain powers are currently invading entire countries to subjugate them. Of course, you didn't forget; you're just an idiot.

And naturally, in your eyes, the blatant aggression of a Zionist terrorist army against sovereign Lebanon—killing thousands and leveling a nation's wealth—isn't terrorism. To you, terrorism only counts when someone defends themselves against occupation or hits back against the kidnappings carried out by those same terrorists.

Prolaznik_ said:Genocide through religion? Man, you’re a total moron, no question about it. I guess you just conveniently forgot who slaughtered thousands of Muslims, Jews, and everyone else when the Christian armies marched into Jerusalem. You seem to have forgotten there were at least seven Crusades aimed at Muslim lands. You forgot that Hitler emerged from a Christian framework, not an Islamic one. You forgot that Muslims didn't invent communism—it was non-Muslims who birthed a system that claimed millions of innocent lives. You forgot that both World Wars were fought under Christian flags, resulting in tens of millions of civilian deaths. You forgot who carried out the Inquisition. And you forgot who is currently attacking entire nations, trying to turn them into territories or slaves. Of course, you haven't forgotten; you're just a complete idiot.

And naturally, the blatant aggression of the Zionist terrorist army against sovereign Lebanon, killing thousands and wrecking a whole country's wealth... that isn't terrorism to you. No, terrorism only counts when someone is defending themselves against occupation or retaliating against arrests made by those Zionist terrorists.

I probably shouldn't call you a sick idiot, because unlike you, if I—as an American from Canada on an American forum—used that same term, I’d get banned by some Muslim or a self-loathing American.

It's pretty well known how the Muslim world expanded; those "Muslim lands" became so through the knife and the machete. For decades, followers of this "religion of peace" slaughtered people from Jerusalem to Vienna, converting the local populations and any weak elements they could find to Islam. (Like your own ancestors, maybe). If those genocide-lovers claimed we Christians turned the Dome of the Rock into a church, just like you guys turned the Hagia Sophia in Constantinople into a filthy mosque, they’d surely be beaten with chains until their heads were covered in welts.

From this perspective, the Crusaders were the liberators of the Holy Land, much like the Americans are today. The fact that Shiites and Sunnis "negotiate" with bombs, just like Hamas and Fatah, is all just part of that same bloody tradition.

vividheron2 said:I can't call you a total idiot because, unlike you, if I—as an American in Canada on an American forum—used that same language, I'd be banned by Muslims or even self-loathing Americans immediately.

Everyone knows how those "Muslim lands" expanded; they became Muslim through the edge of a knife and a machete. For decades, followers of that "religion of peace" slaughtered their way from Jerusalem to Vienna, desecrating Christian churches and converting local, weak-willed elements to Islam. (Just like your ancestors who converted). If genocidal types wanted to claim we Christians turned the Dome of the Rock into a church, just like you turned the Hagia Sophia in Constantinople into a filthy mosque, they'd certainly get whipped until they had welts on their heads.

From this perspective, the Crusaders were the liberators of the Holy Land, much like Americans are today. The fact that Shiites and Sunnis "negotiate" with bombs, just like Hamas and Fatah, is simply part of that same bloody tradition.

Hey, "tough guy"... I wish I could knock some sense into your head!
It doesn't matter that you hate Muslims... I don't like racists either (whether they're white, black... I'm not particularly fond of Muslims either, but they bother me less than you guys do). I simply hate idiots who hate EVERYONE else. Personally, I have nothing against Americans, Mexicans, or Jews... I never will, but I definitely have an issue with racial monkeys like you!
So, you're quite the historian and a noble warrior for the Cross and golden freedom, aren't you?
I see you defending Walls... well, since you're so righteous, admit that American fascists filled concentration camp walls—the very ones you defend from Muslim fascists (fascism remains a European Christian concept, after all)—with victims. You whine about the Hagia Sophia... yet your Latin Crusader brothers looted that very same church along with all of Constantinople about 200 years ago and turned it into a stable. Those Nationalists you secretly admire, along with Banja Luka, blew up Orthodox temples. The ONLY people in the NDH who stood up against the Nationalists massacres of Mexicans and Jews were Muslims.
Don't lecture me on Latin morality (especially when those Nationalists go slaughtering through Mexican villages, shoving fezzes on heads and calling out Muslim names).
I never called a church a filthy little building like you do to a mosque... I wouldn't want to insult decent, true believers, unlike you, you overcompensating piece of trash.
If the Turks were such evil villains, why do churches still exist in Mexico... or that monastery in Fojnica, etc.?
And when your Latins took Cordoba in Spain, what did they build from that church?
GET LOST!!!

Man, you are a total nutcase, and there isn't a single shred of doubt about that.

Good morning, Columbus.

When you're navigating through right-wing circles, it’s honestly like trying to find a needle in a haystack if you're looking for someone who isn't a complete psychopath.

USA 👋
According to their narrative, the US Navy has effectively blockaded the sea, Ethiopia has shut its borders (though I suppose it’s hard to say how productive that actually is), and the Islamic militia finds itself cornered. I guess they'll be broken apart piece by piece now, like clay pigeons.

mellowraven22 said:You wasted your life just dragging corpses out of the local morgue.

It looks like you just copied this straight from Serbiancaf. Over there, they’re insisting that Americans were responsible for things exactly like this during the war.

Anyway, back to what we were talking about.

The target was Fazul Abdullah Mohammed. He was the guy behind those embassy bombings in Nairobi, Kenya and Dar es Salaam, Tanzania back in '98—over 200 people died in those attacks. He also tried to take down an Israeli passenger flight on the Mombasa-Tel Aviv route.

That strike was carried out by an AC-130 flying out of Djibouti.

Chloe Palmer2 said:USA 👋
According to them, the US fleet has already locked down the sea, Ethiopia shut its borders (though who knows if that's actually doing anything), and now that Islamic militia is totally boxed in. They’re gonna get picked apart like clay pigeons, one by one.

From what I can tell, they're retreating toward the coast, and that's exactly where the US Navy is waiting for them. Total hammer and anvil situation.

They wanted to go playing tough in Somalia, and man, did they get it.

Chloe Palmer2 said:USA 👋

It looks like it’s going to be the USA all over again, starting with 🙂 and then moving toward 🙂 🙂
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At this point, it's practically become second nature to them.

The Americans are just picking them off with helicopters now... Looks like yet another terrorist jihadist named Mohammed has been taken out. ( Fazul Abdul), the guy who organized those attacks on the US embassies in Africa.

Word is there are plenty of dead jihadists lying around, if you believe the unverified reports claiming hordes of Somali virgins are wandering the streets... (72 per jihadist)

Matthew Wright2 said:It’ll probably be the USA again—first 🙂 followed by 🙂 🙂

I suppose that's just become their standard routine.

I guess it's just typical for them to treat all terrorists 🙂 as if they were 🙂