American Soldier Killed, Four Injured by Devout Muslim al-Shabaab Fighters in Somalia

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It is not at all clear why American troops are in Somalia in the first place. Do Obama-holdover State Department wonks think that we are going to establish a Western-style secular republic there? Why has Trump allowed this? What is the objective? The problem with all our interventions into various Muslim countries is that they are based on a false and misleading view of Islam, and a failure to recognize the nature of sharia and its power over the great masses of people. As long as our policymakers continue to fail to recognize such things, more American troops are going to die needlessly.

“American Soldier Killed, Four Injured by al-Shabaab Fighters in Somalia,” by Paul Crookston, Washington Free Beacon, June 8, 2018:

One American special operations soldier was killed and four were wounded in a firefight with al-Shabaab terrorists in southwestern Somalia on Friday.

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The combat occurred as American forces and Somali troops at a small outpost came under mortar and gunfire, the New York Times reports, according to three Department of Defense officials. Al-Shabaab is an al-Qaeda affiliate operating to overthrow the Somalian government, and it took credit for the attack. In addition, the U.S. had armed surveillance aircraft overhead.

The attack has also been confirmed by a U.S. official who spoke to Reuters. The SITE Intelligence Group also found a post online in which al-Shabaab described a “fierce attack.”

The U.S. has about 500 troops in Somalia, mostly in Special Operations. The last time an American soldier in Somalia was killed was 13 months ago, when a member of the Navy SEALs was killed in an attack by al Shabaab on U.S. and Somali forces.

Four american soldiers in Niger were also killed in October following an ambush by Islamic terrorists associated with an Islamic State affiliate in north Africa…..

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Rocinante44
Rocinante44
5 years ago

so what is trump going to tell the dead guy’s mother? that his death served no real purpose and his death was caused by a military mission that has no goal and probably didn’t give the guy enough support?

santashandler
santashandler
5 years ago
Reply to  Rocinante44

He can tell the mother that the shadow gov sent her son to his slaughter.

joanofark06
joanofark06
5 years ago
Reply to  santashandler

And then we have Americans dying over HERE, somewhere in this country, almost every day, because of leaders opening their borders, to the same like-minded, koran reading, head banging, evil satanists!

SemurJengkolMaknyus
SemurJengkolMaknyus
5 years ago
Reply to  joanofark06

head banging satanist ????? ….

do you think wife swapping ..porn making capitalist are better for your country ??

IzlamDownpressesHumanity
IzlamDownpressesHumanity
5 years ago

Do you think boy buggering muslum slavers are better for your country?

taxpayer22
taxpayer22
5 years ago

The chasm between Islam and Jahiliyyah [the society of unbelievers] is great, and a bridge is not to be built across it so that the people on the two sides may mix with each other, but only so that the people of Jahiliyyah may come over to Islam.~ Muslim Brotherhood theorist Sayyid Qutb.

RAMADAN is celebrated by killing non Muslims.

Suresh
Suresh
5 years ago
Reply to  taxpayer22

Agree. Jihadis attack and their “moderate” brothers play victim and file cases against those who dare fight back.

And Ramadan is Great time to go jihad and they may outdo last years score http://tiny.cc/7w7qsy

SemurJengkolMaknyus
SemurJengkolMaknyus
5 years ago
Reply to  taxpayer22

the same case with capitalism and communism …

and eventually capitalism must be corrected too …

taxpayer22
taxpayer22
5 years ago

Why do Muslims not speak out against slavery?

acewheeler
acewheeler
5 years ago

C’mon Pompeo, you and Mattis get these guys out of there. No more reason to be there today, than there was 20 years ago when the Blackhawk Down scenario happened. Why are they there? It’s Islam. A Muslim rat bastard country that will NEVER evolve or make it into the 21st Century! Bring them home now! We should have guys like these along the Mexican border, not in Somalia!

santashandler
santashandler
5 years ago
Reply to  acewheeler

Amen!

joanofark06
joanofark06
5 years ago
Reply to  acewheeler

But wait, aren’t you being Islamaphobic?? Many a countries men, are sent over there, killing them, but all these NON-muslim countries, (like the US) bring in thousands of those SAME, LIKE MINDED koran reading, mohummed lovin’ people, into our borders, and protect, love, and cherish them! Don’t even say a bad word against them! I guess if you want to kill them over here, you can’t, BUT if you join the military, you can pick them off like a shooting gallery, if you want! But noooo…they are given SPECIAL RIGHTS and PRIVILAGES, here, and in Europe! Does that make any sense at all??

R. Arandas
R. Arandas
5 years ago
Reply to  acewheeler

Sadly, Somalia is a failed state if they cannot even deal with their own problems without outside aid.

felix1999
felix1999
5 years ago

That was my first question!

“It is not at all clear why American troops are in Somalia in the first place.”

Maybe this was Obama’s excuse for taking them in as “refugees”?
We need to GET OUT and stop taking in refugees from that country. It’s a MUSLIM issue they need to resolve, not US.

I feel bad for his loved ones.

IzlamDownpressesHumanity
IzlamDownpressesHumanity
5 years ago
Reply to  felix1999

I’m sure the 0madhi had no problems putting loyal US American servicemen in the line of fire of his fellow muslum brethren.

Annie
Annie
5 years ago

RIP American soldiers.

Rot in Hell – Muslim terrorist pigs.

joanofark06
joanofark06
5 years ago
Reply to  Annie

Just join up with the military, and you can do what all our soldiers are doing…fighting them over THERE, while here in this country, our citizens die, from THEIR hands! Burns me up too!

santashandler
santashandler
5 years ago

WTF!! What are American troops doing in the shi*hole that is Somalia?? We were there in ’93 and made NO results whatsoever and had a bunch of troops killed back then. Why isn’t anyone in our government speaking out about our troops being offered up as targets so needlessly.

Alleged-Comment
Alleged-Comment
5 years ago

You can’t leave them in desolate outpost like that. They’re SITTING targets. Even though Somalis are retarded, it doesn’t take much thinking to aim and pull a trigger.

teachersaide
teachersaide
5 years ago

Get OUR TROOPS out of Somalia, and other assorted “Hell holes”!

joanofark06
joanofark06
5 years ago

“The U.S. has about 500 troops in Somalia, mostly in Special Operations. The last time an American soldier in Somalia was killed was 13 months ago, when a member of the Navy SEALs was killed in an attack by al Shabaab on U.S. and Somali forces.

Four american soldiers in Niger were also killed in October following an ambush by Islamic terrorists associated with an Islamic State affiliate in north Africa…..”

Boy we ARE all over the world, aren’t we?? Ok, sooo, we’re killing them all over the world (in mostly muslim countries), but we’re not doing ANYTHING about Americans getting killed here in the US? BY THEM!!??

How can a country, take thousands of their men, send them overseas to fight islam/muslims, but bring thousands of those SAME-MINDED “people” into our borders, where “they”, (the same “people” that our soldiers are risking their lives, to kill) are protected!!
The same “people” OUR soldiers are fighting against, are the same like-minded people, we bring over by the thousands, and give EVERYTHING TO, and on the threat of a fine, or jail, are NOT allowed to talked bad about!! Don’t hurt a SINGLE hair on their head! IT DOESN’T MAKE SENSE!!
But yeah, we shouldn’t be in any muslim country. I was shocked, to learn that WE (America) was in NIGER!! I have that article, where our men died there, were ambushed actually.
Every man in the US, should make a militia, and tell our government, that we’re going to do what our soldiers are doing overseas….taking out the trash!!

Sgtsnuffy
Sgtsnuffy
5 years ago

WHY ARE WE BACK IN THAT SHITHOLE AGAIN ???? ANYONE REMEMBER BLACK HAWK DOWN ???

GRA
GRA
5 years ago

Why in the hell are we there at all? There is no reason whatsoever to care about Somalia or Somalis at all. We need to pull ALL Americans out of there and leave all those worthless people to their own damn misery.

RetiredNavyphotog
RetiredNavyphotog
5 years ago

Should have learned our lesson after Black Hawk Down.
Somalia is a shithole.

R. Arandas
R. Arandas
5 years ago

Somalia should reject Islam as a gesture of defiance to these terrorists.

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