The United States, at the command of President Donald Trump, took air raids at the Islamic State of the Jihadist Network in Somalia on Saturday. Trump announced this on his Truth Social network. According to him, he died an unprecedented number of “terrorists”. TASR reports according to AFP.
According to his statement on Saturday morning, Trump ordered “accurate air raids on one of the leading organizers of the ISIS attacks and other terrorists he recruited and led in Somalia”. But who was specifically the target. o The first attack in this African country.
US Defense Minister Pete Hegseth added that the strokes focused on the IS operatives in the Golis Mountains in the Puntland semi -autonomous region, the US headquarters for Africa and were coordinated with the Somali government.
They killed terrorists
“These murderers, which we found hidden in the caves, threatened the United States and our allies,” the US President continued.
Trump also accused his predecessor Joe Biden that “he did not want to act quickly enough with his friends in terms of the high -ranking IS representative.
“I did it! The link for ISIS and all the others who would like to attack the Americans is: We will find you and kill you! ” added the president.
The Sky News server recalled that US special units killed a certain high -ranking IS leader and ten other fighters in the air raid to the mountain cave complex in the remote part of Northern Somalia in 2023 during an operation ordered by Biden.
In Somalia, the Islamic State is present relatively few compared to the militant Ash-Šabab movement, which is connected to al-Qaeda. Experts, according to AFP, warn against increasing IS activity.
