‘We will kill you’: President Donald Trump says he has ordered air strikes on IS in Somalia
US President Donald Trump says he has ordered military air strikes on a senior Islamic State attack planner and others from the organisation in Somalia.
“These killers, who we found hiding in caves, threatened the United States and our Allies,” Trump said in a post on Truth Social.
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Hegseth said the strikes degrade the ability of IS “to plot and conduct terrorist attacks” threatening the US, its partners and innocent civilians.
“(It) sends a clear signal that the United States always stands ready to find and eliminate terrorists who threaten the United States and our allies, even as we conduct robust border-protection and many other operations under President Trump’s leadership,” he said.
The United States has periodically carried out air strikes in Somalia for years, under Republican and Democratic administrations.
A strike, which also targeted IS militants, was carried out by the US in co-ordination with Somalia last year.
It killed three members of the group, the US military said.
with AP.
