Trump orders most US troops out of Somalia
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Source: ABC News
President Donald Trump has ordered the Pentagon to remove the majority of the 700 U.S. military troops in Somalia from the country, according to a Pentagon statement.
The order changes the mission American troops had to assist the local Somali military in its fight against al-Shabab, an al-Qaida affiliated group, but will allow counterterrorism strikes against the group to continue as needed.
"The President of the United States has ordered the Department of Defense and the United States Africa Command to reposition the majority of personnel and assets out of Somalia by early 2021," said a Defense Department statement issued late Friday
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For weeks there has been speculation that the U.S. military troop presence there might be reduced significantly or fully withdrawn. That would have been in line with President Donald Trump's recent decisions to downsize the number of troops in Iraq and Afghanistan to 2,500.
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OAITW r.2.0
(23,813 posts)And the ones there are better off coming home until 1/20/21. Credit given where credit is due.
WA-03 Democrat
(3,017 posts)Trump does not do anything unless it benefits Trump or Putin.
C Moon
(12,188 posts)riversedge
(69,716 posts)paleotn
(17,778 posts)just in time for the new President. He's doing Biden no favors, particularly in the Horn of Africa. Still a strategic hot spot.
dflprincess
(28,057 posts)If he's removing the "majority of the 700" troops that are there, that means there will be something less than 350 troops left in Somalia and I have to wonder about their safety.
rickyhall
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(34,195 posts)Last edited Sat Dec 5, 2020, 08:58 AM - Edit history (1)
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