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groundloop

(11,487 posts)
Fri Dec 4, 2020, 11:44 PM Dec 2020

Trump orders most US troops out of Somalia

This discussion thread was locked as off-topic by DonViejo (a host of the Latest Breaking News forum).

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

(snip)

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weeks there has been speculation that the U.S. military troop presence there might be reduced significantly or fully withdrawn.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.

Read more: https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/trump-orders-us-troops-somalia/story?id=74546220&cid=clicksource_4380645_2_heads_hero_live_headlines_hed

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Trump orders most US troops out of Somalia (Original Post) groundloop Dec 2020 OP
He could be ordering more troops into Somalia. So +1 OAITW r.2.0 Dec 2020 #1
Sorry no credit WA-03 Democrat Dec 2020 #2
Agreed C Moon Dec 2020 #9
too late to help Trump riversedge Dec 2020 #10
And those places heat up signficantly.... paleotn Dec 2020 #3
Why he wouldn't take all of them out? dflprincess Dec 2020 #4
Wonder what little Donnie's up to. rickyhall Dec 2020 #5
Already posted earlier in LBN PSPS Dec 2020 #6
Any chance related to the new Pentagon contract with Erik Prinz for African Mercenaries? Captain Zero Dec 2020 #7
Duplicate post with identical headline left-of-center2012 Dec 2020 #8
Locking... DonViejo Dec 2020 #11

OAITW r.2.0

(23,813 posts)
1. He could be ordering more troops into Somalia. So +1
Fri Dec 4, 2020, 11:59 PM
Dec 2020

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)
2. Sorry no credit
Sat Dec 5, 2020, 12:07 AM
Dec 2020

Trump does not do anything unless it benefits Trump or Putin.

C Moon

(12,188 posts)
9. Agreed
Sat Dec 5, 2020, 04:17 AM
Dec 2020

riversedge

(69,716 posts)
10. too late to help Trump
Sat Dec 5, 2020, 07:51 AM
Dec 2020

paleotn

(17,778 posts)
3. And those places heat up signficantly....
Sat Dec 5, 2020, 12:20 AM
Dec 2020

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)
4. Why he wouldn't take all of them out?
Sat Dec 5, 2020, 12:31 AM
Dec 2020

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

(4,889 posts)
5. Wonder what little Donnie's up to.
Sat Dec 5, 2020, 12:34 AM
Dec 2020

PSPS

(13,512 posts)
6. Already posted earlier in LBN
Sat Dec 5, 2020, 12:45 AM
Dec 2020

Captain Zero

(6,714 posts)
7. Any chance related to the new Pentagon contract with Erik Prinz for African Mercenaries?
Sat Dec 5, 2020, 03:29 AM
Dec 2020

nt

left-of-center2012

(34,195 posts)
8. Duplicate post with identical headline
Sat Dec 5, 2020, 03:59 AM
Dec 2020
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