A U.S. Air Force MQ-9 Reaper drone sits on the tarmac of Creech Air Force Base in Nevada at dusk. (Photo: USAF)
Common Dreams: Corporate Media Mostly Mum as US Strikes Kill at Least 20 in Somalia
"This is a completely under-the-radar news story, one that was curiously absent from the headlines in all of the major newspapers this morning," wrote one expert after the latest U.S. strike on Somalia.
Conflict monitors on Friday drew attention to a series of U.S. airstrikes in Somalia in recent months, attacks that have received relatively little attention in the American corporate media despite having reportedly killed more than 20 people.
"If you were unaware that we were bombing Somalia, don't feel bad, this is a completely under-the-radar news story, one that was curiously absent from the headlines in all of the major newspapers this morning," wrote Kelley Beaucar Vlahos, a senior adviser at the Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft.
On Wednesday, Antiwar.com's Dave DeCamp reported that U.S. Africa Command (AFRICOM) launched its second strike on Somalia in a week. AFRICOM said its initial assessment found the attack, which occurred in Beledweyne and killed 13 fighters belonging to the al-Qaeda-linked Somali militant group al-Shabaab, and that no civilians were harmed.
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WNU Editor: It has been a busy week for U.S. drone strikes in Somalia in the past week .... US air strike obliterates 13 al-Shabab terrorists in Somalia just days after bombing four jihadists who attacked Somali forces, local army officials say (Daily Mail). More here .... US bombs Somalia for the third time this summer (Responsible Statecraft), and here .... US picks up pace of airstrikes in Somalia (Long War Journal).
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