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Rapid Strike On Smuggling Ship Off Africa Highlights Increased Authorities Given To Commanders

Summary by twz.com
When an unflagged vessel smuggling advanced arms to the al-Shabaab jihadi group was spotted in the waters off Somalia last week, there was no time to send a boarding party to interdict it, a U.S. defense official told The War Zone Tuesday morning. So, U.S. Africa Command (AFRICOM) made a rare decision, calling in an airstrike. The ability to do so was, in large measure, made possible by new authorities given to commanders to act, the official to…
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twz.com broke the news in on Tuesday, April 22, 2025.
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