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Much about the exact circumstances surrounding a recent attack on U.S. special operations forces and partner troops in Somalia<\/a>, which left one American dead and four more wounded, remains unclear. However, we do know that, unlike in the aftermath of the now infamous ambush in Niger<\/a> in 2017, U.S. Air Force rescue helicopters<\/a> were able to race to the scene and, together with other fixed-wing aircraft, potentially prevented the incident from resulting in more American deaths.<\/p>\n

On June 8, 2018, members of the terrorist group Al Shabaab<\/a>, Al Qaeda\u2019s franchise in Somalia, attacked a battalion-sized force of approximately 800<\/a> U.S., Kenyan, and Somali troops in the semi-autonomous Jubaland<\/a> region near the border with Kenya, according to U.S. Africa Command<\/a> (AFRICOM). The firefight involved enemy forces armed with mortars and heavy machine guns.<\/p>\n

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We don\u2019t know if all 800 individuals were at the site of the attack, where the U.S. military was assisting the Kenyan peacekeepers, who are in the country as part of the African Union-led mission<\/a>, and Somalia forces build a new forward operating base. Once the construction is complete, Somali forces will man the outpost as part of a broader campaign to secure the area from Al Shabaab, according to CNN<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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