{UAH} US HAS THREE SENIOR MILITARY OFFICERS IN SOMALIA

U.S Has Three Senior Military Officers in Somalia

09 Mar - Source: Radio Dalsan - 162 ords

The U.S has deployed trainers and at least three senior military officers into Somalia capital, Mogadishu to help to track extremists in Somalia, the head of AFRICOM said. U.S. military has deployed a small number of uniformed trainers and advisers to Somalia for the first time since 19993.

General David Rodriguez, head of US Africa Command says the trainers and officers are in Somalia to help the African Union Mission known as AMISOM and the Federal Government of Somalia to tackle the terrorist groups linked to Al Qaeda.

In January U.S has the first admitted the presence of its uniformed military officers in Somalia capital, Mogadishu making the first official U.S involvement in Somalia since the failure of the UNISOM 2 misson which led the death of 18 U.S commandos in Mogadishu.

The U.S Pentagon has tended to prefer a light footprint in Africa, gathering intelligence while relying on allies to take direct action against Al-Qaeda-linked groups in Somalia, Mali and elsewhere

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