"A Secret U.S. Military Base In Somalia?" Topic
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Tango01 | 03 Jul 2014 12:44 p.m. PST |
"U.S. military advisors have secretly operated in Somalia since around 2007 and Washington plans to deepen its security assistance to help the country fend off threats by Islamist militant group al Shabaab, U.S. officials said. The comments are the first detailed public acknowledgement of a U.S. military presence in Somalia dating back since the U.S. administration of George W. Bush and add to other signs of a deepening U.S. commitment to Somalia's government, which the Obama administration recognized last year. The deployments, consisting of up to 120 troops on the ground, go beyond the Pentagon's January announcement that it had sent a handful of advisors in October. That was seen at the time as the first assignment of U.S. troops to Somalia since 1993 when two U.S. helicopters were shot down and 18 American troops killed in the "Black Hawk Down" disaster
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From here link Amicalement Armand |
15mm and 28mm Fanatik | 03 Jul 2014 1:10 p.m. PST |
Not a big secret anymore. Since 9/11 the US has been waging shadow wars in countries and locales all over the world, and you might argue even before that during the Cold War. There's a good book written about the subject called The Way of the Knife: The CIA, a Secret Army, and a War at the Ends of the Earth by Mark Mazzetti. |
jpattern2 | 03 Jul 2014 2:10 p.m. PST |
and you might argue even before that during the Cold War Absolutely. Depending on how you defend "shadow war," going back a century and more. |
Dentatus | 03 Jul 2014 2:35 p.m. PST |
I'll second the recommend for "Way of the Knife." Good read. Won a Pulitzer, IIRC. |
Klebert L Hall | 04 Jul 2014 6:34 p.m. PST |
It's not really a base in Somalia, they are based out of Djibouti and only use temporary facilities in Somalia as best I know. -Kle. |
Legion 4 | 04 Jul 2014 7:49 p.m. PST |
I believe that is correct -Kle. |
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