US Drone Strikes Becoming More Common In Samolia



US military airstrikes in Somalia have killed and wounded nearly two dozen civilians reported by an international human rights group, but US Africa Command officials deny the allegation stating that their military has investigated 18 cases of possible civilian casualties since 2017 and found that none were credible. US defense officials state that casualty allegations in Somalia are questionable because al-Shabaab militants make false claims and force local citizens to do the same. The rate of US airstrikes in Somalia has escalated with the Trump administration, from a total of 47 airstrikes in 2018 to 28 already this year, more than 230 militants have been killed in 2019, compared to a total of 338 killed of 2018.

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/mar/19/somalia-us-airstrikes-civilian-deaths-amnesty-international

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