Charlie Savage’s Twitter Archive—№ 12,007

Meanwhile in Somalia
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Meanwhile in Somalia
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Meanwhile in Somalia
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Meanwhile in Somalia Press release doesn't say how many assessed KIA, but Africom tells me the Feb. 3 strike blew up an apparently empty vehicle and the Feb. 5 strike killed two suspected militants.
Permalink On twitter.com ♻️ 2 Retweets ❤️ 7 Favorites 2019 Feb 5 Mood -7 🙁

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Meanwhile in Somalia by @hysperbole thenation.com/article/somalia-secret-air-campaign/
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Meanwhile in Somalia
Permalink On twitter.com ♻️ 1 Retweets ❤️ 4 Favorites 2019 Feb 8 Mood 0

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Meanwhile in Somalia - (Not in press release, but AFRICOM tells me this one killed 8 militants)
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Meanwhile in Somalia (note: there is some controversy in Somalia about these Feb. 11 strikes; Shabab's media armed claimed the strikes targeted civilian buildings in a residential area after Shabab purportedly thwarted a joint US-Somalia air landing operation nearby)
Permalink On twitter.com ♻️ 1 Retweets ❤️ 5 Favorites 2019 Feb 13 Mood -6 🙁

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Meanwhile in Somalia
Permalink On twitter.com ♻️ 1 Retweets ❤️ 7 Favorites 2019 Feb 24 Mood 0

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Meanwhile in Somalia - 20 KIA
Permalink On twitter.com ♻️ 1 Retweets ❤️ 5 Favorites 2019 Feb 26 Mood 0

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Meanwhile in Somalia - 35 KIA . (this was actually announced yesterday but i initially missed it)
Permalink On twitter.com ❤️ 5 Favorites 2019 Feb 26 Mood -2 🙁

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Meanwhile in Somalia - 26 KIA
Permalink On twitter.com ♻️ 1 Retweets ❤️ 3 Favorites 2019 Mar 1 Mood 0

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Meanwhile in Somalia: the article nytimes.com/2019/03/10/us/politics/us-somalia-airstrikes-shabab.html
Permalink On twitter.com ♻️ 28 Retweets ❤️ 34 Favorites 2019 Mar 10 Mood 0

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Meanwhile in Somalia (per @siteintelgroup Shabab is claiming it killed the US Special Operations Forces commander and injured two other Americans, & that the subsequent US airstrike wounded three civilians, but Africa Command says no Americans or civilians were harmed)
Permalink On twitter.com ♻️ 23 Retweets ❤️ 17 Favorites 2019 Mar 12 Mood -8 🙁

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Meanwhile in Somalia
Permalink On twitter.com ♻️ 1 Retweets ❤️ 1 Favorite 2019 Mar 13 Mood 0

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Meanwhile in Somalia - 3 EKIA
Permalink On twitter.com ♻️ 2 Retweets ❤️ 2 Favorites 2019 Mar 14 Mood 0

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Meanwhile in Somalia AFRICOM discloses airstrike with 3 EKIA but also, in unusual note, says it is "aware of reports alleging civilian casualties resulting from this airstrike"
Permalink On twitter.com ♻️ 4 Retweets ❤️ 4 Favorites 2019 Mar 19 Mood 0

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AFRICOM denies @amnesty report on civilian casualties from its airstrikes in Somalia
Permalink On twitter.com ♻️ 2 Retweets ❤️ 5 Favorites 2019 Mar 19 Mood -2 🙁

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My colleague @helenecooper on the @amnesty report that US airstrikes in Somalia have killed 17 civilians since 2017, which @USAfricaCommand denies nytimes.com/2019/03/19/world/africa/amnesty-international-pentagon-somalia.html
Permalink On twitter.com ♻️ 7 Retweets ❤️ 7 Favorites 2019 Mar 20 Mood -5 🙁

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Africom discloses that back in April 2018, when it put out a press release saying no civilian casualties from a particular airstrike in Somalia, it had actually assessed there to be credible reports of two bystander deaths. These are different form the ones @amnesty has alleged.
Permalink On twitter.com ♻️ 2 Retweets ❤️ 2 Favorites 2019 Apr 5 Mood -3 🙁

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Meanwhile in Somalia
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Meanwhile in Somalia
Permalink On twitter.com ❤️ 4 Favorites 2019 Apr 12 Mood 0

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Meanwhile in Somalia - a rare high-value target strike (catching up from last week)
Permalink On twitter.com ❤️ 4 Favorites 2019 Apr 22 Mood -1 🙁

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Meanwhile in Somalia (catching up from last week)
Permalink On twitter.com ❤️ 4 Favorites 2019 Apr 22 Mood 0

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Meanwhile in Somalia
Permalink On twitter.com ♻️ 1 Retweets ❤️ 4 Favorites 2019 Apr 27 Mood 0

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Meanwhile in Somalia
Permalink On twitter.com ❤️ 7 Favorites 2019 May 6 Mood 0

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Meanwhile in Somalia (a somewhat bigger airstrike than usual: 13 KIA)
Permalink On twitter.com ♻️ 1 Retweets ❤️ 7 Favorites 2019 May 9 Mood 0

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Meanwhile in Somalia: 4 KIA
Permalink On twitter.com ♻️ 1 Retweets ❤️ 3 Favorites 2019 May 10 Mood 0

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Meanwhile in Somalia: 2 KIA Also notable that a new pattern emerging: this is the 5th strike in Somalia since mid April whose target is described as ISIS, as opposed to Al Shabab.
Permalink On twitter.com ♻️ 18 Retweets ❤️ 20 Favorites 2019 May 23 Mood +1 🙂

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Meanwhile in Somalia: 2 KIA (Shabab not ISIS)
Permalink On twitter.com ♻️ 2 Retweets ❤️ 7 Favorites 2019 May 25 Mood 0

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Meanwhile in Somalia 3 KIA
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Meanwhile in Somalia
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Meanwhile in Somalia
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Meanwhile in Somalia
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Meanwhile in Somalia
Permalink On twitter.com ♻️ 1 Retweets ❤️ 1 Favorite 2019 Jun 17 Mood 0

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Meanwhile in Somalia
Permalink On twitter.com ♻️ 2 Retweets ❤️ 7 Favorites 2019 Jun 25 Mood 0

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Meanwhile in Somalia
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Meanwhile in Somalia
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Meanwhile in Somalia
Permalink On twitter.com ♻️ 1 Retweets ❤️ 4 Favorites 2019 Aug 20 Mood 0

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Meanwhile in Somalia
Permalink On twitter.com ❤️ 4 Favorites 2019 Sep 3 Mood 0

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Meanwhile in Somalia
Permalink On twitter.com ❤️ 3 Favorites 2019 Sep 17 Mood 0

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Meanwhile in Somalia
Permalink On twitter.com ❤️ 4 Favorites 2019 Sep 30 Mood 0

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Meanwhile in Somalia
Permalink On twitter.com ♻️ 3 Retweets 2019 Oct 1 Mood 0

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Meanwhile in Somalia
Permalink On twitter.com ♻️ 2 Retweets ❤️ 3 Favorites 2019 Oct 25 Mood 0

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Meanwhile in Somalia
Permalink On twitter.com ♻️ 3 Retweets ❤️ 3 Favorites 2019 Nov 12 Mood 0

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Meanwhile in Somalia
Permalink On twitter.com ♻️ 4 Retweets ❤️ 1 Favorite 2019 Nov 19 Mood 0

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Meanwhile in Somalia
Permalink On twitter.com ♻️ 4 Retweets ❤️ 6 Favorites 2019 Dec 9 Mood 0

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Meanwhile in Somalia
Permalink On twitter.com ♻️ 1 Retweets ❤️ 1 Favorite 2019 Dec 30 Mood 0

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Meanwhile in Somalia
Permalink On twitter.com ♻️ 6 Retweets ❤️ 4 Favorites 2020 Jan 3 Mood 0

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Meanwhile in Kenya
Permalink On twitter.com ♻️ 7 Retweets ❤️ 8 Favorites 2020 Jan 5 Mood 0

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Update to the Al Shabab attack in Kenya: three Americans were killed and two more were wounded
Permalink On twitter.com ♻️ 21 Retweets ❤️ 8 Favorites 2020 Jan 5 Mood -4 🙁

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Meanwhile in Somalia
Permalink On twitter.com ♻️ 5 Retweets ❤️ 2 Favorites 2020 Jan 16 Mood 0

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Meanwhile in Somalia (3 KIA)
Permalink On twitter.com ♻️ 4 Retweets ❤️ 5 Favorites 2020 Jan 20 Mood 0

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Meanwhile in Somalia
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Meanwhile in Somalia
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Meanwhile in Somalia
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Meanwhile in Somalia
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Meanwhile in Somalia
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Meanwhile in Somalia
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Meanwhile in Somalia
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Meanwhile in Somalia
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Meanwhile in Somalia
Permalink On twitter.com ♻️ 2 Retweets ❤️ 2 Favorites 2020 Feb 24 Mood 0

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Meanwhile in Somalia
Permalink On twitter.com ♻️ 3 Retweets ❤️ 3 Favorites 2020 Feb 28 Mood 0

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Meanwhile in Somalia
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Meanwhile in Somalia
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Meanwhile in Somalia 4KIA
Permalink On twitter.com ♻️ 1 Retweets ❤️ 4 Favorites 2020 Mar 7 Mood 0

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Meanwhile in Somalia 4 more EKIA
Permalink On twitter.com 2020 Mar 9 Mood 0

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Meanwhile in Somalia 5 more E?KIA Africom says aware of reports of civilian casualties and will investigate but currently assesses none
Permalink On twitter.com ♻️ 2 Retweets 2020 Mar 10 Mood 0

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Meanwhile in Somalia 5 airstrikes - no assessed EKIA count, oddly
Permalink On twitter.com ♻️ 1 Retweets ❤️ 3 Favorites 2020 Mar 19 Mood -1 🙁

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Meanwhile in Somalia 2 EKIA
Permalink On twitter.com ♻️ 8 Retweets ❤️ 11 Favorites 2020 Mar 28 Mood 0

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Meanwhile in Somalia Human Rights Group Says Two U.S. Strikes Killed Somali Civilians w/ @helenecooper nytimes.com/2020/03/31/world/africa/somalia-civilian-casualties.html
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Meanwhile in Somalia
Permalink On twitter.com ♻️ 1 Retweets ❤️ 1 Favorite 2020 Apr 3 Mood 0

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Meanwhile in Somalia
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Meanwhile in Somalia
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Meanwhile in Somalia
Permalink On twitter.com ❤️ 1 Favorite 2020 Apr 7 Mood 0

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Meanwhile in Somalia (previously reported strike killed a Shabab leader)
Permalink On twitter.com ❤️ 2 Favorites 2020 Apr 7 Mood -4 🙁

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Meanwhile in Somalia Two strikes, 11 reported EKIA
Permalink On twitter.com ♻️ 2 Retweets ❤️ 4 Favorites 2020 Apr 10 Mood -1 🙁

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On @just_security, former NSC senior director for counterterrorism @LukeHartig reflects on opacity in the Somalia drone war, calling this now 15-month-old tweet thread a "documentary record of how AFRICOM has quietly ratcheted up its campaign in Somalia." justsecurity.org/69771/what-counts-as-sufficient-transparency-on-civilian-casualties-in-somalia/
Permalink On twitter.com ♻️ 2 Retweets ❤️ 5 Favorites 2020 Apr 21 Mood -2 🙁

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Meanwhile in Somalia In a new report on civilian casualty allegations in Somalia, AFRICOM acknowledges that a US airstrike on Feb. 23, 2019, killed 2 innocent people and injured 3 others. It deems 20 other such allegations to be false, and is still examining 7 incidents.
Permalink On twitter.com ♻️ 5 Retweets ❤️ 5 Favorites 2020 Apr 27 Mood -12 🙁

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Article by @helenecooper on the above civilian casualties report nytimes.com/2020/04/27/world/africa/africa-command-civilian-casualties-somalia.html
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Meanwhile in Somalia
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Meanwhile in Somalia
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Meanwhile in Somalia bigger EKIA count than usual: 7 also notable: suspected ISIS rather than Shabab
Permalink On twitter.com ♻️ 2 Retweets ❤️ 3 Favorites 2020 Jul 22 Mood +1 🙂

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Africom discloses that it has concluded that a US drone strike in Somalia on Feb. 2 killed a civilian and wounded three others. It decided that allegations of civilian deaths from six other strikes were unsubstantiated, and it has open inquiries into four. africom.mil/pressrelease/33045/us-africa-command-civilian-casualty-assessmen
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Meanwhile in Somalia
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Oops I missed one: not long ago in Somalia
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Meanwhile in Somalia
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Meanwhile in Somalia unusually large strike: 6 EKIA and 3 wounded
Permalink On twitter.com ♻️ 3 Retweets ❤️ 6 Favorites 2020 Aug 26 Mood -1 🙁

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Meanwhile in Somalia A C.I.A. paramilitary officer (and former SEAL Team 6 member) was killed in combat in Somalia in recent days. by @julianbarnes @EricSchmittNYT & @adamgoldmanNYT nytimes.com/2020/11/25/us/politics/cia-officer-somalia-death.html
Permalink On twitter.com ♻️ 3 Retweets ❤️ 10 Favorites 2020 Nov 26 Mood -4 🙁

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Meanwhile in Somalia Trump admin has now publicly acknowledged (as we previously reported was in the works nytimes.com/2020/11/16/us/politics/trump-troop-withdrawal-afghanistan-somalia-iraq.html) that Trump ordered US ground forces out of Somalia by January 15 nytimes.com/2020/12/04/world/africa/trump-somalia-troop-withdrawal.html
Permalink On twitter.com ♻️ 6 Retweets ❤️ 10 Favorites 2020 Dec 4 Mood 0

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Meanwhile in Somalia Some folks still haven't gotten the opsec memo about turning off GPS tracking app that maps their workout jogs around the perimeter of bases @RYP__/1336279961469026307 [See also: charliesavage.com/?p=1173]
Permalink On twitter.com ♻️ 10 Retweets ❤️ 19 Favorites 2020 Dec 8 Mood 0

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Meanwhile in Somalia -airstrike targeting "terrorists," plural but no count, believed part of an IED cell -AFRICOM press release doesn't mention Trump order to pull out ground forces but says "remains committed" & "will continue" to work with intl/African partners versus Shabab
Permalink On twitter.com ♻️ 4 Retweets ❤️ 1 Favorite 2020 Dec 10 Mood -2 🙁

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Meanwhile in Somalia - Africom releases assessment of the strike announced yesterday "on the location of a known al-Shabaab explosives network leader near Jilib" : 8 EKIA, 2 more wounded - Also releases this video: dvidshub.net/video/776269/federal-government-somalia-us-target-al-shabaab-explosives-makers
Permalink On twitter.com 2020 Dec 11 Mood -1 🙁

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Meanwhile in Somalia - a nobody-got-killed strike for Christmas Eve
Permalink On twitter.com ♻️ 1 Retweets ❤️ 8 Favorites 2020 Dec 24 Mood -1 🙁

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Meanwhile in Somalia strikes on two compounds, no EKIA assessment yet
Permalink On twitter.com ❤️ 1 Favorite 2021 Jan 2 Mood -2 🙁

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Meanwhile in Somalia update on the Jan 1 strike: assessment 3 EKIA, 1 wounded destroyed 6 buildings, damaged a 7th "no civilians were injured or killed"
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Meanwhile in Somalia 5 EKIA
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Meanwhile in Somalia 1 EKIA, one building destroyed
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Meanwhile in Somalia
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Meanwhile in Somalia
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Meanwhile in Somalia Almost five months now with no drone strikes. But behind the scenes... nytimes.com/2021/06/15/us/politics/pentagon-troops-somalia.html
Permalink On twitter.com ♻️ 1 Retweets ❤️ 4 Favorites 2021 Jun 15 Mood -2 🙁

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Meanwhile in Somalia - first drone strike of Biden era - DOD says "collective self defense" of partner Somali forces who got in trouble in firefight against Shabab forces; no US personnel present - didn't go through WH because self defense exigency nytimes.com/2021/07/20/us/politics/us-drone-strike-shabab-somalia.html
Permalink On twitter.com ♻️ 5 Retweets ❤️ 10 Favorites 2021 Jul 21 Mood -4 🙁

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Meanwhile in Somalia - 2nd drone strike in a week - DOD cites AUMF this time - My guess: AUMF was the legal authority both times. (Collective) self defense citation for 1st strike was instead about the Biden policy that otherwise requires WH's permission nytimes.com/2021/07/23/us/politics/somalia-shabab-military-strike.html
Permalink On twitter.com ♻️ 5 Retweets ❤️ 4 Favorites 2021 Jul 23 Mood 0

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Meanwhile in Somalia a 3rd Biden-era strike Africom says it was also "collective self defense"
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Meanwhile in Somalia
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Meanwhile in Somalia
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Should have added this to meanwhile in Somalia nytimes.com/2022/05/16/us/politics/biden-military-somalia.html
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Meanwhile in Somalia
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Meanwhile in Somalia… A collective self defense strike with 2 EKIA says Africom @USAfricaCommand/1549125856857292800
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Meanwhile in Somalia.... Africom says 4 EKIA
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Meanwhile in Somalia
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Meanwhile in Somalia AFRICOM acknowledges to me that the US military conducted an airstrike in Somalia last weekend - its 8th in 2022. Unlike the first 7, they didn't issue a press release disclosing the Aug. 21 strike bc they assessed that it didn't kill or injure anyone.
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Meanwhile in Somalia AFRICOM discloses a major "collective self defense airstrike from three days ago. It says it assesses the US killed 27 Shabab fighters who it says were attacking Somali forces who were out trying to gain control of a part of central Somali.
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Meanwhile in Somalia A targeted killing, not collective self defense strike
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(The government of Somalia identified the target of the Oct 1 strike as Abdullahi Nadir, aka Yare, a Shabab leader.) @MOISOMALIA/1576688179393875968
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Meanwhile in Somalia I believe this is the 11th U.S. drone strike in Somalia this year; the 10th categorized as collective self defense of partner forces. Here Africom says 2 EKIA.
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No word yet on any results from the review of why and how operators had been unaware a second person was in the car with the Al Shabab leader they targeted in the Oct 1 strike, as I reported on here: nytimes.com/2022/10/07/us/politics/drone-strikes-biden-trump.html
Permalink On twitter.com ♻️ 2 Retweets ❤️ 2 Favorites 2022 Oct 25 Mood -4 🙁

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Meanwhile in Somalia nytimes.com/2022/10/27/us/politics/somalia-shabab-us-strikes.html
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Meanwhile in Somalia - This is the 12th known US drone strike in Somalia this year; the 11th categorized as "collective self defense" of partner forces. - It's a big one: AFRICOM claims 15 Al Shabab KIA (and no civilian casualties)
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Meanwhile in Somalia - 13th overall known US drone strike in Somalia this year and the 12th categorized as collective self defense of partner forces - AFRICOM claims 17 EKIA and no civilian casualties
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Meanwhile in Somalia - I think this are the 14th and 15th US drone strikes in Somalia this year, all but one of which were deemed as collective self defense of partner forces - AFRICOM claims 15 EKIA and no civilian casualties
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Meanwhile in Somalia - I think this is the 16th US drone strike in Somalia in 2022 - Like most, it was categorized as collective self defense of partners. Only one strike was called an effort to kill a specific Shabab leader - AFRICOM claims 6 EKIA and no civilian casualties
Permalink On twitter.com ♻️ 7 Retweets ❤️ 7 Favorites 2022 Dec 23 Mood -4 🙁

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Meanwhile in Somalia -1st (disclosed) US drone strike in Somalia in 2023 -Collective self-defense of partners: SNA was "engaged in heavy fighting following a complex, extended, intense attack" by >100 Shabab fighters -AFRICOM claims ~30 EKIA, 3 trucks & no civilian casualties
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Meanwhile in Somalia
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Meanwhile in Somalia @africom posted this Jan 25 drone strike disclosure on its website yesterday but didn't email it out or put it on Twitter for some reason h/t @LemonSlayerUS for spotting it
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Meanwhile in Somalia
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Meanwhile in Somalia
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Meanwhile in Somalia
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Meanwhile in Somalia on the ground reporting by my colleague @EricSchmittNYT nytimes.com/2023/02/27/us/politics/somalia-commandos-counterterrorism.html?smid=tw-share
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Meanwhile in Somalia
Permalink On twitter.com ♻️ 1 Retweets ❤️ 4 Favorites 2023 May 22 Mood 0

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Update on May 20 strike: Per @VOANews @HarunMaruf, the target was apparently the commander of external operations for Al Shabab, Osman Mohamed Abdi aka Moallim Osman, who apparently was injured but survived - h/t @LemonSlayerUS @HarunMaruf/1661163153613266947
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(I also now see the May 22 Africom press release disclosing the May 20 strike has today been updated to disclose the assessment that the target was merely injured.) africom.mil/pressrelease/35212/us-counterterrorism-operation-in-somalia
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Meanwhile in Somalia h/t @LemonSlayerUS
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Meanwhile in Somalia
Permalink On twitter.com ♻️ 5 Retweets ❤️ 14 Favorites 2023 Jun 2 Mood 0

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Meanwhile in Somalia 3 collective self defense strikes Africom estimates 10 EKIA, no civilian casualties
Permalink On twitter.com ♻️ 2 Retweets ❤️ 6 Favorites 2023 Jul 9 Mood -2 🙁

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FOIA lawsuit liberation of the previously classified Biden-era international counterterrorism strategy and Biden-era PPM rules for counterterrorism drone strikes and commando raids away from hot battlefields nytimes.com/2023/07/01/us/biden-drone-strikes.html
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Meanwhile in Somalia
Permalink On twitter.com ♻️ 5 Retweets ❤️ 7 Favorites 2023 Jul 20 Mood 0

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Meanwhile in Somalia h/t @LemonSlayerUS
Permalink On twitter.com ♻️ 5 Retweets ❤️ 7 Favorites 2023 Aug 17 Mood 0

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@LemonSlayerUS Meanwhile in Somalia
Permalink On twitter.com ♻️ 4 Retweets ❤️ 7 Favorites 2023 Aug 27 Mood 0

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@LemonSlayerUS Meanwhile in Somalia
Permalink On twitter.com ♻️ 3 Retweets ❤️ 5 Favorites 2023 Sep 8 Mood 0

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@LemonSlayerUS Meanwhile in Somalia Notable: there is no indication that this strike was undertaken in collective self defense of partner forces that got in trouble, which is what most of them tend to be
Permalink On twitter.com ♻️ 3 Retweets ❤️ 4 Favorites 2023 Dec 19 Mood -2 🙁

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@LemonSlayerUS My colleagues @Lattif & @EricSchmittNYT report that the Dec 17 drone strike targeted - & supposedly killed - an Al Shabab leader who was believed to have planned the January 2020 attack on the US base in Manda Bay, Kenya nytimes.com/2023/12/22/world/africa/somalia-shabab-maalim-ayman-killed.html
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@LemonSlayerUS @Lattif @EricSchmittNYT Meanwhile in Somalia 2 announced "collective self defense" drone strikes
Permalink On twitter.com ♻️ 4 Retweets ❤️ 7 Favorites 2023 Dec 28 Mood -1 🙁

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@LemonSlayerUS @Lattif @EricSchmittNYT Meanwhile in Somalia
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@LemonSlayerUS @Lattif @EricSchmittNYT Meanwhile in Somalia @USAfricaCommand/1757710050221608977
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@LemonSlayerUS @Lattif @EricSchmittNYT Meanwhile in Somalia a nearly two-weeks-late acknowledgement of a drone strike in which there are unconfirmed claims of civilian casualties
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@LemonSlayerUS @Lattif @EricSchmittNYT Meanwhile in Somalia
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Meanwhile in Somalia
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Meanwhile in Somalia @USAfricaCommand/1796652831820145115
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Meanwhile in Somalia h/t @LemonSlayerUS
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