U.S. President Donald Trump stated on Saturday that he ordered “precision” airstrikes that morning in Somalia against the “senior ISIS attack planner and other terrorists he recruited and led in Somalia.”
The targets, who hid in caves, threatened the United States and its allies, according to the president. “The strikes destroyed the caves they live in and killed many terrorists without, in any way, harming civilians,” he stated.
“Our military has targeted this ISIS attack planner for years, but Biden and his cronies wouldn’t act quickly enough to get the job done. I did,” Trump stated. “The message to ISIS and all others who would attack Americans is that ‘we will find you, and we will kill you.’”
Pete Hegseth, the U.S. defense secretary, said he coordinated with the Somali government, at Trump’s direction, and authorized U.S. Africa Command to “conduct coordinated airstrikes today targeting ISIS-Somalia operatives in the Golis mountains.”
“Our initial assessment is that multiple operatives were killed in the airstrikes and no civilians were harmed,” Hegseth stated.
“This action further degrades ISIS’s ability to plot and conduct terrorist attacks threatening U.S. citizens, our partners and innocent civilians and sends a clear signal that the United States always stands ready to find and eliminate terrorists who threaten the United States and our allies,” he added.
Mike Waltz, the U.S. national security adviser, stated that “radical Islamic terrorists” are on notice.
“If you harm or plan to attack Americans, we will find you and we will deliver justice,” he said.
The clean up of terrorist scum under @POTUS and @SecDef has begun. Excellent. https://t.co/ak8Zi2gBLU
— Victoria Coates (@VictoriaCoates) February 1, 2025
