{"id":21621,"date":"2018-06-08T21:28:07","date_gmt":"2018-06-08T21:28:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/marinecorpstimes\/uncategorized\/2018\/06\/08\/one-killed-several-wounded-in-attack-on-us-forces-in-somalia\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T06:00:02","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T06:00:02","slug":"one-killed-several-wounded-in-attack-on-us-forces-in-somalia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/marinecorpstimes\/home\/left-column\/2018\/06\/08\/one-killed-several-wounded-in-attack-on-us-forces-in-somalia\/","title":{"rendered":"One US special operations member killed, several wounded in attack in Somalia"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">One U.S. special operations member was killed and four others were wounded in an attack by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/flashpoints\/2017\/11\/09\/amisom-withdrawal-tests-us-mission-in-somalia\/\" title=\"\" class=\"\" target=\"_blank\">al-Shabab militants<\/a> Friday in southern Somalia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A partner force service member also was wounded in the attack in Jubaland, Somalia, U.S. Africa Command announced Friday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">One of the four wounded U.S. troops received sufficient medical care in the field, while the three others and the wounded partner force member were medically evacuated, AFRICOM said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The combined force of Somali, Kenyan and American troops came under mortar and small-arms fire about 2:45 p.m. local time. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">About 800 Somali and Kenyan forces were conducting a multi-day operation about 220 miles southwest of Mogadishu when the attack occurred, AFRICOM said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Their goal was to \u201cclear al-Shabab from contested areas, liberate villages from al-Shabab control, and establish a permanent combat outpost designed to increase the span of Federal Government of Somalia security and governance,\u201d AFRICOM said in its statement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The U.S. troops were providing advice, assistance and aerial surveillance during the mission.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The American troops were supported by an armed drone, according to the New York Times. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ent.siteintelgroup.com\/Statements\/shabaab-claims-fierce-attack-on-joint-u-s-somali-base-near-kismayo.html\" title=\"\" class=\"\" target=\"_blank\">SITE Intelligence Group<\/a>, a think tank that monitors militant and terror organizations, said al-Shabab had claimed responsibility for a \u201cfierce attack\u201d on a joint U.S.-Somali outpost near Kismayo. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The establishment of the outpost and presence of U.S. forces sheds some light on an otherwise shadowy mission by U.S. special operations forces in the region.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Last October, four U.S. soldiers were killed in an ambush in Niger. 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