- Based out of a fortress of fading green Hesco barriers at the ramshackle airport in Kismayo, a team of special operators from the Joint Special Operations Command, the elite U.S. military organization famous for killing Osama bin Laden, flies drones and carries out other counterterrorism activiti...foreignpolicy.com/2015/07/02/exclusive-u-s-operates-drones-from-secret-bases …
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Al-Shabaab raids US military base in Somalia - Garowe …
Aug 30, 2020 · KISMAYO, Somalia - The Al-Qaeda linked group, Al-Shabaab, on Saturday raided a US-run military base in southern Somalia, the second attempt within the war-torn nation in as many months, in yet another attack which was …
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2 days ago · The recent exercise highlighted the unit's capacity to provide limited-defense crisis response and support U.S. embassies and missions as necessary. The primary focus of the exercise was to test the EARF's rapid deployment …
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