H/T Softly Bob
Sky.Com
Somali and Kenyan troops squeeze al Shabab from the port city of Kismayo – the Islamist group’s most important strategic asset.
Members of al Shabab who surrendered in Mogadishu on September 24By Sam Kiley, Defence and Security Editor
Somalia’s violent Islamist movement has been driven out of its headquarters in the southern port city of Kismayo.
It was the first amphibious assault by African troops since independence in the 1960s.
A Kenyan task force bombarded Kismayo then landed troops from seven ships, locals said. They then battled the al Shabab which rushed troops to the city’s port and its beaches three miles to the north.
Joined by Somali government troops, the Kenyans squeezed al Shabab from the north and with an attack from the south – which had followed months of painstaking operations – Kenyan forces inched forward against the Islamists, who claim allegiance to al Qaeda.
Well done the Good Guys!
For now folks. They will be back. The moderates are in charge and the real muslims are waiting for the hit and run tactics that work so well. More suicide bombing coming to a you in Somalia.