US intensifies strikes against Al-Shabaab
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Mogadishu, January 2: US Military conducted 34 airstrikes in Somalia in last year to eliminate Al-Qaeda affiliated militant organization Al-Shabaab. As per the official statement, the military killed at least 17 Al-Shabaab terrorists in various countries including in Kenya after intensifying strikes.
In last week of the last year, US forces killed 17 terrorists in two separate attacks. Its forces killed four terrorists some 25 kilometers west of Mogadishu on the evening of Dec. 27 and destroyed one vehicle-borne improvised explosive device, preventing it from being used against the people in Mogadishu.. In another attack, some 13 terrorists were killed on Dec. 24 in southern Somalia.
"U.S. forces will continue to use all authorized and appropriate measures to protect the United States, its partners, and interests, and deny safe haven to terrorist groups," AFCOM said in a statement.
"This includes partnering with AMISOM and Somali National Security Forces (SNSF) in combined counterterrorism operations and targeting terrorists, their training camps, and their safe havens throughout Somalia and the region," it added.