US using Somalia as a practice bombing range...

Editor's note: ...with more than 50 strikes on Somalia and Somalia forces killing over 15 al-Shabaab terrorists™. Wouldn't it be a better idea for the US military to expend its resources better by going after the networks the al-Shabaab terrorist™ (affiliated with al-Qaeda) franchise's estimated $50 million to $100 million annually they have access to? These characters are reported to be extorting businesses and individuals, they are taxing illegal goods coming in through Somalia's ports, they set up road blocks to extort people, they threaten violence against real estate properties and imports. These cats seem pretty sophisticated profitting off of weapons trafficking, charcoal smuggling and piracy. They are also known to kidnap for ransom and are involved in racketeering. Great gang we have here all to establish an Islamic state. Solution: bomb the shit out of Somalia's infrastructure risk killing countless civilians while hitting unconfirmed targets. The US has dropped an estimated $3 billion into Somalia for security assistance over the past decade spending an estimated $100 million a year training and equipping the Somalia army and all they can do is kill 15 al-Shabaab terrorists™? Hey, Mr. US Senator and Congress member, what the fuck is the US military doing in their war on terrorism™ in perpetuity in Somalia? It would be a lot cheaper, faster and safer to utilize AI platforms and AI agents to disrupt these al-Shabaab terrorists™ than dropping billions more into Somalia.

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US Has Launched Over 50 Airstrikes In Somalia In 2025 But Virtually No MSM Coverage

By Zero Hedge | July 17, 2025

Authored by Dave DeCamp via AntiWar.com

US Africa Command has announced that it launched two separate airstrikes in Somalia on Sunday, as the Trump administration is continuing to bomb the country at a record pace, an air war that is receiving virtually no coverage in US media.

AFRICOM said that the strikes targeted the ISIS affiliate in Somalia's northeastern Puntland region, to the southeast of the port city of Bossaso. The command offered no further details, as it has stopped sharing estimates of casualties or assessments of potential civilian harm.

AFRICOM confirmed to Antiwar.com in an email that the latest attack marked the 51st US airstrike in Somalia of the year, putting the Trump administration on track to easily break the annual record, which President Trump set at 63 in 2019. Antiwar.com is also seeking details on casualties from AFRICOM, but so far hasn't received a figure.

The US has been backing local Puntland forces against ISIS in battles in the Cal Miskaad mountains in Puntland's Bari region. Puntland Counter-Terrorism Operations announced on Sunday — the day the US launched two airstrikes — that it was conducting a "clearance operation" against ISIS remnants in the mountains and said the area being targeted was "last used by terrorists as a hideout with their foreign women and children."

Puntland's forces announced a new military operation on June 30 against ISIS-affiliated militants, and since then, the US has launched at least four airstrikes in the area. The ISIS affiliate in Somalia started in 2015 as an offshoot of al-Shabaab, a group the US has also been bombing in southern and central Somalia.

In the war against al-Shabaab, the US is backing the Mogadishu-based Federal Government, which controls little territory inside Somalia’s internationally recognized borders. Somali media reported on Tuesday that government forces killed 15 al-Shabaab fighters in the central Hiraan region, an operation that was supported by "international partners," likely a reference to US AFRICOM.

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