“We know they were going to be departing the camp and they posed an imminent threat to US and (African Union) forces,” [Captain Jeff Davis, a Pentagon spokesman] said, noting that as many as 200 fighters had been using the camp.<\/p>\n
The US military has a small and secretive presence in Somalia, with a defense official estimating the current number of American troops in the country on an advise-and-assist mission at 150.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
This exceeds the total number of fighters who were killed in the entire US mission to Somalia since 2003. Davis claimed that the unit had just finished their training and that they planned to put that training to use against the small and secretive US presence in Somalia, estimated to be 150 US military advise-and-assist troops in the shit hole.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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