US AFRICOM Launches Airstrike in Somalia
US Africa Command on Thursday said that it launched an airstrike in Somalia in support of Mogadishu-based government forces who were engaged with al-Shabaab on the ground.
AFRICOM said the strike was launched in a remote area about 9 miles south of the village of Galcad in Somalia’s central Galguduud region, near the border of the Middle Shabelle region. The area is about 150 miles northeast of Mogadishu.
The command said its “initial assessment” found the strike killed five al-Shabaab fighters and claimed no civilians were harmed, but the Pentagon is notorious for undercounting civilian casualties, especially in Somalia.
