Following Media Accounts, AFRICOM Will Again Look At Somalia Raid For Misconduct
December 15 2017
The head of U.S. Africa Command (AFRICOM), Marine Gen. Thomas Waldhauser, has requested a second investigation into an August raid in Somalia, reports the Hill (Washington, D.C.).
Media reports allege that U.S. soldiers killed as many as 10 civilians in Somalia. The media accounts prompted the general to order the move, a spokeswoman for AFRICOM said Thursday.
The Daily Beast reported in November that U.S. special forces soldiers shot and killed 10 unarmed civilians during...
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