Somali Armed Forces Successfully Dismantle Militant Threats, Eliminating Numerous Insurgents
The Somali government announced on Thursday the elimination of 47 militants affiliated with al-Shabaab in two distinct operations soon to become the subject of more whispers than conversations. Curiously, in the central districts, an airstrike conducted by joint Somali and US Africa Command (AFRICOM) forces dispatched 12 fighters into oblivion. In the dusty expanse of the southwest, another 35 found themselves meeting a similar fate during a botched invasion of a military stronghold. Do numbers alone tell the harrowing tale…