{"id":3384,"date":"2020-01-05T19:40:31","date_gmt":"2020-01-05T23:40:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/?p=3384"},"modified":"2020-01-05T19:40:31","modified_gmt":"2020-01-05T23:40:31","slug":"more-assassination-blowback-brought-on-the-usa-by-trump","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/?p=3384","title":{"rendered":"More Assassination Blowback Brought on the USA by Trump"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>One US service member, two contractors killed in Al-Shabaab attack in Kenya, two DoD personnel injured<\/h1>\n<p><!--more--><div id=\"attachment_3387\" style=\"width: 778px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3387\" src=\"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/5e124bad85f5401c036a9fbf.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"768\" height=\"432\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3387\" srcset=\"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/5e124bad85f5401c036a9fbf.jpg 768w, http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/5e124bad85f5401c036a9fbf-300x169.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-3387\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">An image distributed by al-Shabaab shows a militant next to a burning aircraft, said to be at the Manda Bay Airfield. \u00a9 Reuters \/ Al-Shabaab<\/p><\/div><\/p>\n<p>RT.com<\/p>\n<p>The US military&#8217;s Africa Command has confirmed that one serviceman and two contractors were killed on Sunday when the jihadist militant group Al-Shabaab attacked a military base in Kenya.<br \/>\nThe injured are in a stable condition and are being evacuated at the moment, the statement said.<\/p>\n<p>Camp Simba, which hosts US and local troops, came under attack on Sunday morning. The naval base is located in Manda Bay in Lamu County on Kenya\u2019s coast, bordering Somalia.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">UPDATE: U.S. Statement on Manda Bay Terrorist Attack &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/iO01z8Zpg4\">https:\/\/t.co\/iO01z8Zpg4<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Rpx1xwFkZ1\">pic.twitter.com\/Rpx1xwFkZ1<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; U.S. Africa Command (AFRICOM) (@USAfricaCommand) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/USAfricaCommand\/status\/1213913493604306951?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 5, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur thoughts and prayers are with the families and friends of our teammates who lost their lives today,\u201d US Army General Stephen Townsend said in the statement.<\/p>\n<p>The general promised to \u201cpursue those responsible\u201d for the attack and prevent Al-Shabaab jihadists from creating a \u201csafe haven\u201d in Africa.<\/p>\n<p>The attack on the military base included \u201cindirect and small arms fire.\u201d Though the jihadists made it through the perimeter, they were repelled by forces within the base. Six contractor aircraft vehicles were damaged \u201cto some degree\u201d in the attack.<\/p>\n<p>Established in 2004, Camp Simba is used by the US to train Kenyan naval units, and is believed to play an important role in American operations in Somalia and Yemen, including drone strikes.<\/p>\n<p>Kenyan troops participate in the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM), which is aimed at supporting the Somalian government in its fight against Al-Shabaab, a jihadist group based in East Africa. In a recent attack, the militant group ambushed a bus in December and killed 11 people, including seven police officers. The US government designated al-Shabaab a Foreign Terrorist Organization in 2008.<\/p>\n<p>___<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.rt.com\/news\/477534-kenya-attack-us-military-killed\/\">https:\/\/www.rt.com\/news\/477534-kenya-attack-us-military-killed\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>One US service member, two contractors killed in Al-Shabaab attack in Kenya, two DoD personnel injured<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3384","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3384","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3384"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3384\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3384"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3384"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3384"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}