US stops touting how many al Shabaab terrorists it’s killed in Somalia

Published January 24, 2019 5:12pm ET



America’s shadowy war in Somalia just got a little more shadowy.

For more than a year, the U.S. Africa Command has been issuing regular press releases after each U.S. airstrike in Somalia detailing now many strikes were conducted and how many al-Shabaab militants were believed to have been killed.

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