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Airwars Assessment
(Previous Incident Code: SOM135)
US Africa Command reported that it had carried out an airstrike on the previous day “in the vicinity of Bariire, Lower Shebelle Region, Somalia, on February 7, 2019.”
According to the official statement, “This precision airstrike was executed after our Somali partners were engaged by al-Shabaab militants as they conducted an operation to disrupt al-Shabaab efforts to illegally tax and intimidate civilians in the area.”
AFRICOM reported that it “currently assesses the airstrike on February 7 killed four militants.” AFRICOM mantained that the strike was carried out after “Somali partners” were attacked by members of Al-Shabaab. It added that “at this time, it was assessed no civilians were injured or killed in either airstrike.”
According to Danan Radio, the attack occurred around midnight.
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Reports of the incident mention that the strike took place in the vicinity of the village Bariire, for which the generic coordinates are: 2.04707, 44.89832. Due to limited information and satellite imagery available to Airwars, we were unable to verify the location further.
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Media From Sources (3)
The additional strikes vs #alShabaab brings the total number of US airstrikes in #Somalia this year to 14, based on testimony Thursday from @USAfricaCommand's Gen Thomas Waldhauserhttps://t.co/oc8kbNkcFK
— Jeff Seldin (@jseldin) February 8, 2019