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Battle of Ras Kamboni

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announced Ras Kamboni had fallen to the Somali government and Ethiopian forces after five days of heavy fighting. Remnants of the Islamist forces were being pursued into the nearby forests and fighting would continue. A small team of U.S. forces investigated the site of the U.S. gunship attack to
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members operating within the ranks of the ICU. The town finally fell to the Ethiopian and TFG forces on January 12, 2007. Initially, the US claimed that it had successfully targeted Al-Qaeda, but after the attacks downgraded those killed to being 'associates with terrorists'. American forces
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to monitor developments in the region and to train local militaries in counterterrorism. When Ethiopian troops entered the Somalian conflict in December 2006, a small number of U.S. special forces accompanied them to give military advice and to track suspected al-Qaida fighters.
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announced: "Today we will launch a massive assault on the Islamic courts militias. We will use infantry troops and fighter jets... They have dug huge trenches around Ras Kamboni but have only two options: to drown in the sea or to fight and die."
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claimed 64 people were killed and 100 wounded around Afmadow in three days of attacks. However, confidential sources denied the additional attacks were made by the U.S. Ethiopian aircraft are also known to be operating in the combat area.
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are patrolling off the Somali coast to prevent terrorists from launching an "attack or to transport personnel, weapons or other material", said Commander Kevin Aandahl. The U.S. ships deployed to the area include the
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district. Seven vehicles were destroyed. A platoon of Kenyan border police were in the area to enforce the border closure. In Afmadow province, Ethiopia launched airstrikes against targets near Afmadow and Dhobley.
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was actually still alive and that none of the Al-Qaeda members were killed in the air attack but some members of the ICU were killed. Later in the day, anonymous U.S. sources stated that U.S. forces from the
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Unknown gunmen thought to be Somali Islamists fired shots at a Kenyan security helicopter patrolling near the border with Somalia. The helicopter was flying over the southeastern Kenyan border town of
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said the U.S. was meeting with various Somali and Ethiopian contacts to "observe, survey possible escape routes, possible sanctuaries" for Al Qaeda operatives. On March 2, 2002 a briefing was held in
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The second report mentioned at least four more AC-130 airstrikes targeted Ras Kamboni. Other sites were also said to have been targeted by U.S. aircraft around southern Somalia. Somali politician
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reportedly killed hundreds of Somali fighters and civilians in a 'killing zone' between the Kenyan border, the Indian Ocean and advancing US backed Ethiopian troops.
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toured the area by helicopter and spoke of 50 killed in the attacks. He said additional targets hit include Hayo, Garer, Bankajirow and Badmadowe. Clan elder
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Fighting continued January 6 in the forests south of Kismayo near the Kenyan border, where it was reported the Islamists were holding out armed with over 100
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Theresa Whelan, U.S. deputy assistant secretary of defense for African affairs, in a press conference said she believed the raid killed eight soldiers of
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On January 8, 2007, Col. Hiraale announced TFG and Ethiopian forces were close to entering Ras Kamboni after two days of fierce battles.
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had attacked a suspected Al-Qaeda operative, along with other Islamist fighters, on Badmadow Island (possibly the island located at
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strike was reported at Hayo (also Xayo or Hayi, approx. Lat 0º28' N, Long 41º49' E) on the road between the provincial capital of
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Also on this day, a pair of reports arose which were covered widely in the media, but later contradicted by U.S. sources.
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International concern and controversy arose over civilian casualties in additional airstrikes around Ras Kamboni and in
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told The Associated Press. "They have our full support for the attacks." Cruise missiles were fired at ICU positions.
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were on the ground in Somalia targeting and then identifying the persons who had been killed in the gunship attack.
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province, and whether these were the result of U.S. actions or Ethiopian aircraft operating in the area.
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On December 28, 2006, withdrawal of the ICU to Ras Kamboni was reported as a possibility after the
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province, an Ethiopian force intercepted Islamist forces in the area of the Kenyan border town of
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on January 1, 2007, ICU fighters split into different groups, with some heading northwest towards
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jets began to patrol over Ras Kamboni but no attacks were reported. U.S. Marines operating from
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On January 11, the American ambassador to Kenya said that the U.S. claimed Al-Qaeda suspect
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search for information about the identity and fate of the targeted individuals.
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Premature reports came of the fall of Ras Kamboni. One was from TFG member
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discussing the possible use of Ras Kamboni by terrorist groups, including
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US Strategy in Africa: AFRICOM, Terrorism and Security Challenges
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The first was a report by Somali presidential chief of staff,
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Targeted Killings: Law and Morality in an Asymmetrical World
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Battle of Ras Kamboni from (5 January 2007 - 7 January 2007)
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gunships and cruise missiles against what it claimed were
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border which was the last major urban stronghold of the
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Combined Joint Task Force - Horn of Africa (CJTF-HOA)
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Battle of Ras Kamboni, US & Ethiopian Airstrikes
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2007 Mogadishu TransAVIAexport Airlines Il-76 crash
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Index

Somalia War (2006–2009)
Operation Enduring Freedom - Horn of Africa

Ras Kamboni
Somalia
1°38′20″S 41°35′17″E / 1.63889°S 41.58806°E / -1.63889; 41.58806
Ethiopia
Ethiopia
Somalia
TFG
United States
Islamic Courts Union
Ras Kamboni Brigades
Ethiopia
Gabre Heard
Somalia
Barre Adan Shire Hiiraale
Somalia
Abdirisak Afgadud
United States
Timothy Ghormley
Maritime Security
United States
Patrick M. Walsh
Sharif Sheik Ahmed
Yusuf Hassan
Yusuf Mohammed Siad Inda'ade
Abdirahman Janaqow
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