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Incident Date

9 January 2007

Incident Code

USSOM003-C

Location

Xayo, Garer, Bankajirow and Badmadow, Ras Kambooni, Lower Juba, Somalia
Several people, possibly civilians, were left wounded as US airstrikes hit four towns near Ras Kamboni, including a terrorist training camp on Badmadow island, local and international media reported. Sources added that up to ten al Qaeda members were also killed. The strikes came just two days after the US-launched AC-130 attack in Ras Kamboni,…

Summary

Published
9 January 2007
Strike Type
Airstrike
Civilians reported injured
4–5
Military actors reported killed
5–10
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
U.S. Forces
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Incident Date

8–9 January, 2007

Incident Code

USSOM002-C

Location

Hayo, Lower Juba, Somalia
According to international and local reports, up to 31 civilians, including at least one child, were killed as the town of Hayi or Xayo was subjected to either US or Ethiopian-waged airstrikes. Heavy civilian casualties were reported in airstrikes on Hayi near Afmadow, 250km northwest of Ras Kamboni, and other parts of southern Somalia, in…

Summary

Published
9 January 2007
Strike Type
Airstrike, Counter-Terrorism Action (Ground)
Civilians reported killed
4–31
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
U.S. Forces
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Incident Date

7 January 2007

Incident Code

USSOM001-C

Location

Ras Kamboni (possibly vicinity of Lag Badana Bushbush National Park), Lower Juba, Somalia
Up to eight civilians were reportedly killed as the US carried out an airstrike against al Qaeda leaders in Ras Kamboni, Lower Juba, international and local sources reported. Shortly after Ethiopian forces had invaded Somalia in late December 2006, the US carried out its first known combat operation within Somalia since the September 11 2001…

Summary

Published
7 January 2007
Strike Type
Airstrike, Counter-Terrorism Action (Ground)
Civilians reported killed
2–8
Civilians reported injured
2–3
Military actors reported killed
8–45
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
U.S. Forces
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