Pentagon Bombs Somalia for First Time Under Biden
The US military bombed Somalia on Tuesday, marking the first official US airstrike in the country of the Biden administration. The Pentagon said the strike targeted al-Shabaab and confirmed the bombing with several media outlets.
“The Department of Defense can confirm that in coordination with the Federal Government of Somalia, US Africa Command forces conducted one airstrike against al-Shabaab in the vicinity of Galkayo, Somalia, today,” Pentagon spokeswoman Cynthia King said, according to Task & Purpose.
The US almost always claims no civilians are killed by its operations in Somalia, but whenever journalists or human rights organizations make it to the scene of a US airstrike in the country, they tell a much different story.
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