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Somalia: “The mujahideen stormed the military complex, engaging the crusaders in an intense firefight”

Sep 30, 2019 12:00 pm By Robert Spencer

Those opposing the U.S. and its allies call themselves jihadis and their foes crusaders. The U.S., meanwhile, denies that they are crusaders, which is fair enough, and that its opponents are jihadis, which is pure wishful thinking. To refuse to understand the enemy’s perspective is to bring defeat upon oneself.

“Jihadists ‘Storm’ U.S. Air Base, Bomb Military Convoy in Surprise Somalia Attacks,” by Tareq Haddad, Newsweek, September 30, 2019 (thanks to Lookmann):

Jihadists in Somalia have attacked a U.S. military base in the southern Lower Shabelle region of the country on Monday, while a second attack targeted a European peace-keeping envoy in the capital of Mogadishu.

In the first attack, two cars packed with explosives were driven towards the Balegdole [sic] air base before being detonated at its gates. Bursts of gunfire then followed as jihadists tried to breach the base.

Al-Shabab, Somalia’s Al-Qaeda-linked insurgent group, said it was responsible for the attack in a statement and claimed its fighters had been successful in entering the base.

“After breaching the perimeters of the heavily fortified base, the mujahideen [holy warriors] stormed the military complex, engaging the crusaders in an intense firefight,” the statement said.

Al-Shabab are known for often exaggerating their statements however, and a statement from the U.S. Ambassador to Somalia’s office denied that entry was made.

“The United States condemns the attacks today in Baledogle and Mogadishu,” the statement said. “We commend the Somali security forces who repelled the attack against the Somali National Army (SNA) Base in Baledogle, Lower Shabelle region.

“The security forces stopped this ultimately failed attack due to their alertness and swift response, not allowing the attackers to breach the outer defensive perimeters of the base.”

The Bolegole base, roughly 100 km (60 miles) west of Mogadishu, houses Somali special forces, U.S. special forces and Ugandan peace-keeping troops….

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Filed Under: Al-Shabaab, Featured, Somalia, United States Tagged With: Baledogle, Lower Shabelle, Mogadishu


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  1. somehistory says

    Sep 30, 2019 at 12:31 pm

    Perhaps omar could go home and tell these terrorists of al shabab that islam is nice and peaceful and they should reform and quit making trouble. After all, she does speak their language.

    • mortimer says

      Sep 30, 2019 at 2:55 pm

      Before Omar goes to Somalia, she will need a permission slip from her husband … I mean her ex-husband … I mean her brother. When will she be tried for lying on her application for citizenship?

      • somehistory says

        Sep 30, 2019 at 4:27 pm

        It has been suggested, due to some evidence, that her father changed his last name in order to get into the country because a limit had been placed on people from somalia as they were committing fraud to get in, by claiming that they had relatives already in the country when they did not.
        Some guys named ‘omar’ were coming in and her father made the name change in order to get in. And, he is said to have been involved in criminal activity in somalia and that is one reason he wanted to leave.
        If her father was caught and sent back, she could travel along with him as she did to get here.

    • gravenimage says

      Sep 30, 2019 at 9:07 pm

      I can’t recall Omar saying anything even vaguely critical of AL Sheba’ab.

    • Ginger Snap says

      Oct 3, 2019 at 11:45 am

      When will Omar be kicked out of Congress? She can only have allegiance to her Allah, never to any earthly government. How then can she be in Congress????

  2. Savvy Kafir says

    Sep 30, 2019 at 1:11 pm

    The U.S. should not have ANY military presence in Somalia, one of the most godforsaken Islamic hell-holes on Earth. We shouldn’t even have an embassy there. And we damn-sure should not be providing ANY sort of aid to those savages. Just let the various clans slaughter each other; the world will be a better place for it.

    • Lynn says

      Sep 30, 2019 at 1:25 pm

      You are right!

    • underbed cat says

      Sep 30, 2019 at 4:01 pm

      Some people in Somalia doing something ? It is in their nature to do these type of attacks. They will be back. This time the U. S. needs to protect the Embassy with full force and rescue those inside. I expect this will continue world wide,so the forces should also be placed in the United States northern border, South, East and West. We should protect Israel and our Navy every where they are trying to deplete our strength, there may be a problem embedded warriors in our own military. We may have more than one enemy and the worst one has stock piles of money, has had have had years of embedding their ideology, enforced buildings and too much data, stockpiling weapons, converting Americans, pretending to be victims we should protect? With years of available open borders and hostile secrets I am certain they have a plan I am sure it is not a peaceful one. The democrats are trying to impeach President Trump and distract from reality with the deep state actors in place from Obama administration, the Soros group,and foundations and foreign actors while Trump is under constant attack and trying to save his presidency, we are in a precarious time where resources will be stretched thin. Is Trump aware of who and what..where the enemy within is? Has he a clear picture of the “red pill”national security information that many Trump supporters have understood. This needs to be recognized and we have to leave all Islamic countries or we will be swallowed as the compromised justice department have set themselves up to be untouchables and never have to account for their part in not deflecting the rise of militant islamic jihad world wide by not enforcing our borders and presenting a fantasy, denying the threat, accepting their description of themselves to deceive and to enrich themselves from abroad. It seems their goal is to remove a president and set the stage for our country to be attacked a final time.. I pray we will get through these terrible times intact with Pres. Trump and a informed public and more importantly and informed and “safe” military that would never write up another Constitution of Sharia Law and send out troops to do so…there is no safe space with ignorance or silence nor the strange interpretation of hate speech that only appeases the scorpion. While our troops are employed abroad, we are being eaten from within. unseen. In my opinion.

    • gravenimage says

      Sep 30, 2019 at 9:08 pm

      Spot on, Savvy Kafir.

    • don vito says

      Oct 1, 2019 at 4:41 pm

      As far as being in somalia, as I recall, it all began because of starving somali children on TV. A media event, driven by a noble desire to end suffering of the children. Sounds familiar? Yes, it’s a re-occurring trigger to stir the USA to action, and Bush 41 was indeed triggered to send the US military to end the suffering. Those watching on TV will recall the pictures of the military coming ashore, landing on the beaches of somalia, within the light and glare of TV cameras. Not knowing that eventually, Al quieda and usama bin laden would be waiting to ambush us kufr in the trap of somalia. Anyway, that is the way I remember it, Gen. Jerry Boykin wrote a book about it, he was the US General in somalia at the time of BlackHawk Down. A mission that began as a mercy mission inspired by TV imagies. Well, past is prologue.

  3. Angemon says

    Sep 30, 2019 at 2:32 pm

    To refuse to understand the enemy’s perspective is to bring defeat upon oneself.

    Indeed.

  4. gravenimage says

    Sep 30, 2019 at 9:04 pm

    Somalia: “The mujahideen stormed the military complex, engaging the crusaders in an intense firefight”
    …………………..

    Haven’t we lost enough good men trying to civilize Somalia? We should have armed ships out to continue to thwart Somali pirates, but that’s it. Just isolate Somalia. At almost 100% Muslim, it is completely hopeless.

  5. Panu bun says

    Oct 1, 2019 at 5:55 am

    It must have a tactic in this crisis. All have said are right . But another one is to wake up the country by starting a real War , that is t” war with Iran ” . the action movie has only talk is nothing , the audians want to see some bloodshed !

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