US Deadliest Airstrike Kills 150 al-Shabab Fighters

A U.S airstrike, which is not similar to any other recent strikes against the organization, has supposedly left around 150 Islamist soldiers dead.

"one the most deadliest airstrike in the recent memory" have been conducted by the US aviation, says Foreign Policy newspaper. American warplanes and drones killed as many as 150 al-Shabab militants at their training base in Somalia over the weekend, the Pentagon announced Monday.

The airstrikes were launched from on a training camp after informations indicating fighters were preparing an attack, probably against AU (African Union)soldiers and the country US special forces.

'This has been the deadliest strike against al-Shabab militants in a US campaign against the organization that lasted more than ten years, says The New York Times, and it contrasts sharply with the previous US airstrikes, which aimed at the heads of the organization, not the fighters at the camp.'

Davis said about 200 fighters were at the camp, “and we believe most were killed.” So far, there is no evidence of civilian casualties, he said. The strike occurred at the Raso training camp approximately 120 miles north of Mogadishu. Pentagon officials would not comment on the specific type of aircraft used.

From a US point of view, these strikes reveals a growing interest in the 'counter-terror war' led by Obama's government. 'The Islamic state settlement in Libya raised the fear of an extended hold to other Africa northern countries,' says the newspaper.

merican officials have expressed willingness to sell military equipment — such as helicopters and intelligence-gathering drones — to Tunisia. Additionally, several European countries recently said they are open to begin training Tunisian and Libyan troops if a unity government can form in Tripoli.