WASHINGTON: Ciidamo Maraykan ah ayaa si aamusnaan ah u sii waday howlgalkooda Soomaaliya, iyaga oo sii waday weeraro sii kordhaya oo ka dhan ah Al-Qaacida ku xiran xagjiriinta al-Shabaab iyo dagaalyahanno kale.
Tan iyo bilawgii sanadka, America waxay fulisay 28 weerar oo basaas ah oo ka dhacay dalka Geeska Afrika, iyadoo 15 ka mid ah kuwan soo socda laga soo bilaabo Sebtembar 1, sida uu sheegay afhayeenka ciidamada Afrika (AFRICOM).
Taasi waa kor u kaca sannadkii hore. Sida laga soo xigtay Xafiiska Siyaasadda Saxafiyiinta ee fadhigiisu yahay London, oo sii waday howlgalkii Maraykanku ka fuliyay Soomaaliya iyo meelo kale, waxaa jirey 15 weerar oo ka dhan ah al-Shabaab oo laga fuliyay guud ahaan 2016.
Xoogagga dhaqdhaqaaqa ayaa ka imanaya sida Mareykanka u daawanayo dagaalyahanno ka soo jeeda kooxaha Islaamiyiinta ah, taasoo ka luntay dhammaanba dhulkeeda Ciraaq iyo Suuriya.
Maraykanku wuxuu sameeyay labo weerar oo ka dhan ah Islaamiyiinta ka dhacay Soomaaliya bishii November 3-deedii, markii ugu horreysay ee ay xagjiriintu halkaas ku dhacday.
Inkastoo Pentagon ay bixisay faahfaahin yar oo ku saabsan weerarrada, Afhayeen u hadlay Colonel Rob Manning ayaa sheegay todobaadkan in ciidamada Mareykanka ay ku dileen 40 dagaalyahanno iyo dagaalyahano dagaalyahano ah oo ka tirsan shan weerar oo ka dhacay Soomaaliya intii u dhaxaysay November 9 iyo 12.
Maalintii Arbacada, AFRICOM waxay ku dhawaaqday weerar lixaad ah oo lagu dilay “dhowr” maleeshiyaadka 60 mayl (97 kiiloomitir waqooyi galbeed caasimadda, Muqdisho).
Hawlgalkan ayaa yimid ka dib markii Madaxwaynaha Donald Trump ee March uu caqabad ku noqday milatariga Mareykanka ee Soomaaliya, taas oo u oggolaanaysa taliyeyaashu inay tallaabo ka qaadaan argagixisada lagu tuhunsan yahay marka loo baahdo, iyaga oo aan raadin oggolaansho Aqalka Cad.
Maraykanku wuxuu taageersan yahay dagaalka ka dhanka ah al-Shabaab ee ka dhanka ah al-Shabaab, kaas oo fuliyay qaraxyo ba’an oo ka dhaca Muqdisho iyo meelo kale.
Bishii Maajo, saraakiisha ayaa sheegay in kaliya 50 askari oo Maraykan ah ay Soomaaliya joogaan oo tababar iyo talo siinaya ciidamadda Soomaaliya iyo taageerada sahayda, laakiin khamiistii Pentagon ayaa sheegay in tiradu hadda tahay ilaa 500.
Afhayeenka Pentagon-ka iyo Taliyaha Qaybta Iskuduwaha Qareen Kenneth McKenzie ayaa u sheegay saxafiyiinta Khamiistii in uusan u malaynaynin in uu jiro howlgal ballaaran, laakiin waxa uu sheegay in “cidhiidhiga bartilmaameedyada” ay macnaheedu tahay in weeraro dheeraad ah ay suurta gal tahay.
“Ma jiro wax qaas ah, marka laga reebo sida (bartilmaameedyada) ay diyaar u yihiin iyo sida aan u awoodno in aan wax uga qabano oo aan uga dhigno, waxaan ku dhufannaa,” ayuu yiri.
McKenzie ayaa intaa ku daray in mas’uuliyiintu ay isha ku hayaan dhaqdhaqaaqyada dagaalyahannada shisheeye ee ka socda Ciraaq iyo Suuriya, laakiin ma dhihi doono haddii Pentagon ay raadinayaan kooxaha xagjirka ah ee ka soo horjeeda hore “khaliif” iyada oo u maraysa Yemen iyo Soomaaliya.WASHINGTON: The US military has quietly upped the tempo of its operations in Somalia, conducting a growing number of drone strikes against Al-Qaeda affiliated Shabaab militants and other militants.
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Since the start of the year, America has carried out 28 drone strikes in the Horn of Africa nation, with 15 of these coming since September 1, the military’s Africa Command (AFRICOM) said.
That’s a big increase from last year. According to the London-based Bureau of Investigative Journalism, which maintains a tally of US operations in Somalia and elsewhere, there were 15 anti-Shabaab air strikes in the whole of 2016.
The surge in activity comes as the US watches for an influx of fighters from the Islamic State group, which has lost almost all its territory in Iraq and Syria.
The US conducted a pair of drone strikes against IS in Somalia on November 3, the first time it has hit the militants there.
Though the Pentagon has provided few details about the strikes, spokesman Colonel Rob Manning said this week that US forces had killed 40 Shabaab and IS fighters in a series of five strikes on Somalia between November 9 and 12.
On Wednesday, AFRICOM announced a sixth strike that killed “several” Shabaab militants 60 miles (97 kilometers) northwest of the capital, Mogadishu.
The surge in activity comes after President Donald Trump in March loosened constraints on the US military in Somalia, allowing commanders to take action against suspected terrorists when they judge it is needed, without seeking specific White House approval.
The US is supporting the country’s fight against Shabaab, which has carried out a string of devastating bombings in Mogadishu and elsewhere.
In May, officials said only about 50 US troops were in Somalia providing training and advice for the Somali military and logistical support, but on Thursday the Pentagon said the figure is now at about 500.
Pentagon spokesman and Joint Staff Director Lieutenant General Kenneth McKenzie told reporters Thursday that he didn’t necessarily think there was a ramping-up of operations, but said the “density of targets” meant more strikes had been possible.
“There’s no particular rhythm to it, except that as (targets) become available and as we’re able to process them and vet them, we strike,” he said.
McKenzie added that officials keep a close eye on foreign fighters’ movements from Iraq and Syria, but he would not say if the Pentagon was tracking militants flowing from their former “caliphate” through Yemen and onto Somalia.
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