{"id":50624,"date":"2017-11-04T07:14:40","date_gmt":"2017-11-04T07:14:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/?p=50624"},"modified":"2017-11-04T07:14:40","modified_gmt":"2017-11-04T07:14:40","slug":"u-s-carries-out-first-strikes-against-islamic-state-in-somalia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/world-news\/u-s-carries-out-first-strikes-against-islamic-state-in-somalia.html","title":{"rendered":"U.S. carries out first strikes against Islamic State in Somalia"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 18pt\"><strong><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">U.S. carries out first strikes against Islamic State in Somalia<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">The United States carried out its first air strikes against Islamic State militants in Somalia and killed \u201cseveral terrorists,\u201d the U.S. military said on Friday.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">The Pentagon\u2019s Africa Command said the first strike was carried out at midnight local time (2100 GMT, Thursday) and another one at 11 a.m. on Nov. 3.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">\u201cSeveral terrorists\u201d were killed, the military said in a statement, adding that the strikes were conducted in coordination with Somalia\u2019s government.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">\u201cU.S. forces will continue to use all authorized and appropriate measures to protect Americans and to disable terrorist threats,\u201d the statement said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">Islamic State has been gathering recruits in the region, although experts say the scale of its force is unclear and it remains a small player compared to the al Shabaab group.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">Last month, a group loyal to Islamic State seized a small port town in Somalia\u2019s semi-autonomous Puntland region, the first town it has taken since emerging a year ago.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">The group, which refers to itself simply as Islamic State, is a rival to the larger al Shabaab force, which is linked to Islamic State\u2019s rival al Qaeda and once controlled much of Somalia.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">The United States has occasionally carried out strikes against al Shabaab militants in Somalia, which retains a strong presence in parts of the south and center and carries out gun and bomb attacks.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">The al Shabaab group aims to drive out the peacekeepers, topple Somalia\u2019s Western-backed government and impose its strict version of Islam on the Horn of Africa state.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">More than 350 people were killed in twin bombings in the Somali capital Mogadishu last month, the deadliest attack in the country\u2019s history.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: 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