Why has the U.S. ramped up drone strikes in Somalia? The U.S. bombed Somalia for the 97th time since President Trump took office and the attacks are getting almost no attention. I guess we’re just used to killing people with our tax dollars? Over the weekend, the attacks reportedly killed 12 civilians, including eight children, three women, and an elderly man. AFRICOM offered no details about the most recent strike other than that it was to target an ISIS affiliate. The U.S. strikes ISIS groups to hold up a weak government in Somalia. Why does our military bother with this with so many other global conflicts on the horizon? Who knows. We fight ISIS in Somalia but support ISIS-linked groups in Syria. Based on Antiwar.com’s count, the previous record for most bombings in Somalia in a year were in 2019 when President Trump bombed the country 63 times. He has since surpassed it by about a third with no end in sight. Since we’re counting, President Biden launched a total of 51 airstrikes in Somalia throughout his four years in office, and President Obama launched 48 over eight years. The post U.S. Sets New Bombing Record in Somalia appeared first on Redacted.