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More aggressive approach needed to fight terrorism in Somalia

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Al-Shabab militants hold their weapons
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The head of US forces in Africa told reporters that greater authority to fight Al-Qaeda-linked Al-Shabab militants in Somalia would lead to more flexibility and quicker targeting, but that a decision had not yet been made by the White House.
Al-Shabab has been able to carry out deadly bombings despite losing most of its territory to African Union (AU) peacekeepers supporting the Somali government.
The US has a small presence in Somalia and is allowed to carry out strikes in defense of partnered forces.
“Regardless of what combatant commander was sitting here this afternoon, I think they would all tell you that it is very important and very helpful for us to have a little bit more flexibility, a little bit more timeliness in terms of decision-making process and... it will allow us to prosecute targets in a more rapid fashion,” Marine Gen. Thomas Waldhauser, the top US military commander overseeing troops in Africa, said at a press conference.
Critics of former President Barack Obama’s administration said that it took too long for Washington to approve strikes against militants when they surfaced, allowing some to escape.
Obama’s supporters, however, said greater scrutiny of US military power helped reduce civilian casualties and the risk of “mission creep.”
Waldhauser also said there was no need to “sound the alarm” about a potential resurgence of piracy off Somalia’s coast after pirates seized a small oil tanker, the first such incident since 2012.
“It is too early to say that now we have an epidemic, but it did catch our attention,” Waldhauser said.
In their heyday in 2011, Somali pirates launched 237 attacks off the coast of Somalia, data from the International Maritime Bureau (IMB) showed, and held hundreds of hostages.
Separately, Waldhauser said the US had severely weakened the Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA), a Ugandan rebellion group, but had not been able to capture its leader Joseph Kony.
A regional task force, including US troops, has been hunting the down the group.
“This thing is coming to an end to be very frank ... We think that we have a plan in place for a steady state, sustainable transition that will not only look out for Kony or any other groups that would emerge in that part of the country,” Waldhauser said.

Source: Arab News

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