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  • April 28, 2020 at 6:38 pm #114360
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    I wonder if Biden would kill fewer people with bombs? Doubt it.
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    U.S. Airstrikes Hit All-Time High as Coronavirus Spreads in Somalia
    Nick Turse

    The Intercept / April 22 2020– IN THE first four months of this year, U.S. Africa Command has conducted more airstrikes in Somalia than it did during all of Barack Obama’s eight years in office.

    The massive escalation of America’s undeclared war in Somalia comes as U.N. Secretary-General António Guterres has repeatedly appealed for a global ceasefire amid the Covid-19 pandemic.

    “There should be only one fight in our world today, our shared battle against Covid-19,” he reiterated on April 3. “We must mobilize every ounce of energy to defeat it.” […]

    Since the beginning of the year, AFRICOM has announced 39 airstrikes in Somalia. The command announced a total of 36 such attacks from 2009 to 2017, under Obama, peaking in 2016 with 19 declared airstrikes.

    Last year, under President Trump, the US conducted 63 air attacks in Somalia, the most ever in a single year…../ continues

    Corona Virus: Somali Airstrikes https://theintercept.com/2020/04/22/coronavirus-somalia-airstrikes/?fbclid=IwAR1TiwW-Kwj_ceTaUFt3KekbwUwnmXrdedf7HVHUZyPG2gb62iVZO7v6wTE

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