Sounds of gunshots and explosions could be heard – Lamu Resident pic.twitter.com/3bAo7qoFcN
— Hussein Mohammed (@huseinmoha) January 5, 2020
Al Jazeera is reporting that al-Shabab says it is not connected to Iran. They have according to some reports received funding from Iran despite being Sunni, which this AP report doesn’t acknowledge and they ship illegal charcoal exports through Iran which nets them millions. But they’re al-Qaeda connected so they already hated us. Added to which we’ve been doing air strikes on them for what they’ve been doing in Kenya and Somalia for awhile.
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — The U.S. military said the security situation was “fluid” at a Kenyan airfield used by U.S. forces after a pre-dawn attack Sunday by the al-Shabab extremist group. The attack destroyed U.S. aircraft and vehicles, Kenyan authorities said, and at least four attackers were killed.
It was not yet clear whether any U.S. or Kenyan forces were killed. A U.S. Africa Command statement said “an accountability of personnel assessment is underway.” The midday statement said the Manda Bay airfield was “still in the process of being fully secured.”
The al-Qaida-linked al-Shabab, based in neighboring Somalia, claimed responsibility and asserted that “intense” combat with U.S. forces continued. The U.S. statement called the al-Shabab claims exaggerated and said U.S. and Kenyan forces repelled the attack.