{"id":110362,"date":"2017-11-23T03:20:59","date_gmt":"2017-11-23T01:20:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.arabtelegraph.com\/?p=110362"},"modified":"2024-11-23T21:04:32","modified_gmt":"2024-11-23T19:04:32","slug":"110362","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.arabtelegraph.com\/?p=110362","title":{"rendered":"US air strike kills \u2018more than 100\u2019 in Somalia"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"post-page-title\">\n<h1 dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><\/h1>\n<p class=\"selectionShareable\" dir=\"ltr\"><strong>The US has confirmed that it killed 100 Al-Shabaab fighters in Somalia yesterday, a press release by the\u00a0US Africa command\u00a0said.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"selectionShareable\" dir=\"ltr\">In coordination with the Federal Government of Somalia, the US forces conducted an air strike against an Al-Shabaab camp yesterday, at 10:30am local time. The locations of the target were \u201c125 miles northwest\u201d of the capital, Mogadishu.<\/p>\n<p class=\"selectionShareable\" dir=\"ltr\">\u201cUS forces will continue to use all authorised and appropriate measures to protect Americans and to disable terrorist threats,\u201d US Africa Command statement said. Counter-terrorism operations in Somalia are conducted alongside African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) and \u201cSomalia National Security Forces (SNSF)\u201d, the US Africa Command continued.<\/p>\n<p class=\"selectionShareable\" dir=\"ltr\">The US African Command did not mention whether there were any civilian casualties involved. It is unclear whether an armed drone or a military aircraft was used for the attack, strengthening views that the US\u2019 targeted killing programme is shrouded in secrecy and lack of transparency.<\/p>\n<p class=\"selectionShareable\" dir=\"ltr\">\u201cWhile the Pentagon insists that no civilians are being killed in these strikes, we know that without much more information from the ground, those claims should be treated with real scepticism,\u201d Chris Cole, director of Drone Wars UK, said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"selectionShareable\" dir=\"ltr\">Former US president Barack Obama previously warned high risk counter-terrorism operations should be used sparingly and only after internal review. Trump has sidestepped that rule and provided the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) and the US Military broader powers in Somalia, considering parts of the country<span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u00a0<a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.middleeastmonitor.com\/20170427-trumps-temporary-battlefields-in-yemen-and-somalia\/\">\u201careas of activity hostilities\u201d<\/a><\/span>\u00a0or temporary battlefields.<\/p>\n<p class=\"selectionShareable\" dir=\"ltr\">\u201cThis latest strike in Somalia comes in the context of a very significant uptick in lethal strikes in Somalia and Yemen this year under Trump. Concerns about these strikes have been heightened by reports that Trump has loosened rules on strikes overseas, reducing safeguards designed to protect civilians. These changes come with increased secrecy: The rules have not been disclosed,\u201d Alex Moorehead, international legal expert at Columbia Law, said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"selectionShareable\" dir=\"ltr\">\u201cHard questions need to be asked of the US military in the wake of the new secret rules, increased strikes, casualties on such a scale, and recent reports raising serious questions about how the US military records civilian casualties,\u201d Moorehead continued.<\/p>\n<p class=\"selectionShareable\" dir=\"ltr\">\u201cThe US military should explain clearly what measures it is taking to protect civilians, to ensure that all those killed were indeed lawfully targeted, and the new rules must be disclosed.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"selectionShareable\" dir=\"ltr\">The US has some 500 personnel stationed in Somalia, including soldiers that fight alongside Somalia\u2019s forces. US drones and manned aircrafts are stationed in Djibouti, north Somalia, where AFRICOM coordinates its mission across the country.<\/p>\n<p class=\"selectionShareable\" dir=\"ltr\">On 25 August,\u00a0 ten civilians \u00a0were reported killed in a US-Somalia counter-terrorism raid in Bariire, southern Somalia. The villagers ran to hide under banana trees as they were shot dead by US-Somali forces. Al-Shabaab fighters, who were the target of the raid, were not at the attacked village.<\/p>\n<p class=\"selectionShareable\" dir=\"ltr\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.middleeastmonitor.com\/20170830-unknown-warplanes-strikes-daesh-in-somalia\/\">Unidentified warplanes<\/a><\/span>\u00a0killed Daesh fighters in north-eastern Somalia back in August, but the US did not claim responsibility.<\/p>\n<p class=\"selectionShareable\" dir=\"ltr\">On the ground in Somalia, the AMISOM announced that it will withdraw some 1,000 troops by the end of the year. With Somalia\u2019s most deadline\u00a0<span style=\"color: #000000;\"><a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.middleeastmonitor.com\/20171116-somalia-releases-names-and-photos-of-truck-bombers\/\">attack killing some 350 people<\/a>\u00a0<\/span>last month, it is unclear why the UN-backed mission is rescinding its footprint.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"single-image-gallery\" href=\"https:\/\/www.middleeastmonitor.com\/20171108-african-union-to-withdraw-1000-troops-from-somalia\/2012_5-12-amisom-7325750452_dcb5996da3_o\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-264322\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-264322\" src=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/www.middleeastmonitor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/2012_5-12-AMISOM-7325750452_dcb5996da3_o.jpg?resize=933.5%2C622&amp;quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;ssl=1\" sizes=\"(max-width: 933px) 100vw, 933px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/www.middleeastmonitor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/2012_5-12-AMISOM-7325750452_dcb5996da3_o.jpg?w=1200&amp;quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;ssl=1 1200w, https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/www.middleeastmonitor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/2012_5-12-AMISOM-7325750452_dcb5996da3_o.jpg?resize=500%2C333&amp;quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;ssl=1 500w\" alt=\"\" width=\"763\" height=\"509\" data-attachment-id=\"264322\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.middleeastmonitor.com\/20171108-african-union-to-withdraw-1000-troops-from-somalia\/2012_5-12-amisom-7325750452_dcb5996da3_o\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/www.middleeastmonitor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/2012_5-12-AMISOM-7325750452_dcb5996da3_o.jpg?fit=1200%2C800&amp;quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1200,800\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;6.3&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;Canon EOS-1D Mark III&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;SOMALIA, Afgoye: In a photograph dated 26 May and released by the African Union-United Nations Information Support Team 27 May, Ugandan soldiers serving with the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) are seen manning an armoured personnel carrier as they line-up as part of a convoy in the town of Afgoye to the west of the Somali capital Mogadishu in preparation to deploy south of the town on the road to Merka. An joint-AMISOM and Somali National Army (SNA) offensive has driven the Al-Qaeda-affiliated extremist group Al Shabaab from the strategically important area of the Afgoye corridor, which the group used as a base to launch attacks inside Mogadishu and is also home to hundreds of thousands of refugees. With the extremists gone, the area is now secure for humantarian aid to reach the internally displaced peoples camps and opens the road between the agriculturally productive area of Afgoye and the Somali capital, allowing freedom of movement of goods, produce and people alike. AU-UN IST PHOTO \\\/ STUART PRICE.&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1338027546&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;120&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;200&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.0005&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"2012_5-12-AMISOM 7325750452_dcb5996da3_o\" data-image-description=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/www.middleeastmonitor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/2012_5-12-AMISOM-7325750452_dcb5996da3_o.jpg?fit=500%2C333&amp;quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/www.middleeastmonitor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/2012_5-12-AMISOM-7325750452_dcb5996da3_o.jpg?fit=933%2C622&amp;quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;ssl=1\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"selectionShareable\" dir=\"ltr\">The British government has deployed a special regiment of 85 military personnel to train and work with the African Union Mission in Somalia. It is unclear whether the UK is complying with US targeted drone or air strikes in Somalia.<\/p>\n<p class=\"selectionShareable\" dir=\"ltr\">Two British nationals who had their citizenship stripped, Bilal Al-Berjawi and Mohamed Sakr, were killed in separate US drone strikes in Somalia in 2012. It is unclear if the UK government provided any<span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u00a0<a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thebureauinvestigates.com\/stories\/2013-02-27\/former-british-citizens-killed-by-drone-strikes-after-passports-revoked\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">location intelligence<\/a><\/span>, as Al-Berjawi was killed after making a phone call to his wife in London to congratulate her on the birth of their first son. The UK\u2019s drone policy is shrouded in secrecy without a clear framework on targeting beyond war theatres.<\/p>\n<p class=\"selectionShareable\" dir=\"ltr\">\u201cThese new policies by the Trump administration should make EU partners more caution when it comes to sharing intelligence with the US, as this can be used for targeted killings. \u00a0These kinds of operations could also strengthen the precedent of the use of lethal force outside areas of armed conflict, previously set by the Obama administration that other States can now follow, without being challenged. This is a serious concern for civil society organisations in the EU and US,\u201d Wim Zwijnenburg, Humanitarian Disarmament Project Leader\u00a0for Dutch peace organisation PAX who also leads the European Forum on Armed Drones, said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"selectionShareable\" dir=\"ltr\">\u201cThe US seems to have dropped the requirement that groups and\/or individuals should pose a continuing, immanent threat to the US. This paves the way for more lethal strikes, be they with manned aircraft, drones or commando raids, in areas outside active hostilities, with little to no transparency, oversight and accountability,\u201d Zwijnenburg continued.<\/p>\n<blockquote dir=\"ltr\">\n<p class=\"selectionShareable\">To strengthen transparency and accountability mechanisms, it is important for the US to release all data on the strike, assessments of possible civilian casualties and clarify the legal policy frameworks around these strikes.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p class=\"selectionShareable\" dir=\"ltr\">Al-Shabaab seeks to dislodge the Somali government and implement a strict version of Islamic law across Somalia. In 2012, the group pledged allegiance to Al-Qaeda, which attracted counterterrorism use of force.<\/p>\n<p class=\"selectionShareable\" dir=\"ltr\">The US has killed some 510 Somalis and injured 54 since 2007, according to the<span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u00a0<a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thebureauinvestigates.com\/projects\/drone-war\/charts?show_casualties=1&amp;show_injuries=1&amp;show_strikes=1&amp;location=somalia&amp;from=2007-1-1&amp;to=now\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Bureau of Investigative Journalism<\/a><\/span>, an organization which tracks US strikes across the world.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: left; padding-right: 40px;\">Primary source : <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-africa-64362653\">BBC<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The US has confirmed that it killed 100 Al-Shabaab fighters in Somalia yesterday, a press release by the\u00a0US Africa command\u00a0said. In coordination with the Federal Government of Somalia, the US forces conducted an air strike against an Al-Shabaab camp yesterday, at 10:30am local time. 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