The attacks took place on Sunday against the Hoosingow, Diif, and Taabto districts near the southern city of Afmadow, a Press TV correspondent reported.
Local elder Ahmed Kulmiye said hundreds of frightened families had started fleeing the area.
Two similar US-operated aircraft also reportedly crashed inside and along the coastline of the southern Kismayu port city, which is located some 500 kilometers to the south of the Somali capital, Mogadishu. Government officials described one of the aircraft as a spy drone and the other a destroyer.
Drone attacks in Somalia make the lawless state the sixth country where the US military has used remote-controlled aircraft to conduct such lethal strikes.
The United States has also employed drones in Afghanistan, Pakistan, Libya, Iraq, and Yemen to launch aerial bombings.
Somalia is notorioulsy difficult to get accurate information out of, especailly with these strikes. Press TV has a decent track record but I have yet to cross reference any other sources. I don't think we'll see an increase in air-strikes until the AU moves out of Mogadishu.
ReplyDeleteI have noticed Press TV as a voice in the wilderness in this respect, James.Many of their reports are cross-referenced though. I would believe them before NATO/ISAF anytime, though.
ReplyDeleteName one credible Western news agency.
ReplyDeleteThere are none.
We have to roam all global outlets in order to shuffle through the propaganda.
Yes they all have their own agenda.
But some are more revealing than others.