US troops now ‘commuting to work’ to help Somalia fight al-Shabab 1 hour ago Spc. Kevin Martin provides security for a 75th Expeditionary Airlift Squadron C-130J Super Hercules during unloading operations at an unidentified location in Somalia on June 28, 2020. (Tech. Sgt. Christopher Ruano/Combined Joint Task Force - Horn of Africa via AP) When President Donald Trump ordered roughly 700 U.S. troops to withdraw from Somalia late last year, it decreased the American footprint there, but not the mission to help that country’s military fight back against al-Shabab, al-Qaida’s largest affiliate. Three months after the completed drawdown, senior U.S. Africa Command leaders say that they are essentially doing the same work, but “commuting” from Europe and other East African countries to get it done.
US troops now ‘commuting to work’ to help Somalia fight al-Shabab 3 hours ago Spc. Kevin Martin provides security for a 75th Expeditionary Airlift Squadron C-130J Super Hercules during unloading operations at an unidentified location in Somalia on June 28, 2020. (Tech. Sgt. Christopher Ruano/Combined Joint Task Force - Horn of Africa via AP) When President Donald Trump ordered roughly 700 U.S. troops to withdraw from Somalia late last year, it decreased the American footprint there, but not the mission to help that country’s military fight back against al-Shabab, al-Qaida’s largest affiliate. Three months after the completed drawdown, senior U.S. Africa Command leaders say that they are essentially doing the same work, but “commuting” from Europe and other East African countries to get it done.
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President Joe Biden spoke about the need to confront terrorist groups in globally dispersed new safe havens as he announced the end of the war in Afghanistan Wednesday,
“Over the past 20 years, the threat has become more dispersed, metastasizing around the globe,” Biden said in his White House address.
“Al Shabaab in Somalia, al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula, al Nusra in Syria, ISIS attempting to create a [caliphate] in Syria and Iraq and establishing affiliates in multiple countries in Africa and Asia,” he said, naming a few of the places America’s global combatant commands are working to root out terrorists.
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Defense Secretary Austin orders review of deadly 2020 Manda Bay attack in Kenya 1 hour ago U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin speaks to reporters at Israel s Nevatim air base Monday, with an Israeli F-35 fighter jet in the background, at Nevatim Israeli Air Force Base, Monday, April 12, 2021 in Israel. (Robert Burns/AP) BERLIN Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin on Monday ordered an Army review of an investigation into a January 2020 militant assault on the Manda Bay military base in Kenya that killed three Americans and wounded three others. In a written statement announcing Austin’s decision, his press secretary, John Kirby, did not pinpoint what Austin found lacking in the initial investigation, which was conducted by U.S. Africa Command. By apparent coincidence, Austin plans to meet with Africa Command officials Tuesday in Stuttgart, Germany, as part of a broader tour of Europe to consult with allies and talk to U.S. commanders. He also will meet separately with officia