Somalia's Al-Shabaab threatens the United States, saying it will take revenge

  The senior leader of the al-Shabaab terrorist group of Somalia has warned the United States following the recent air attack carried out by US warplanes in the south of the Horn of Africa country. Mahad Karate has claimed that the United States is a threshold in achieving stability in Somalia, and that the African American Command (AFRICOM) has been targeting innocent civilians in its attacks in Somalia. Karate has emphasized that al-Shabaab members will take revenge for the US airstrike on September 6 in the el-Laheley area near the port city of Kismayo, Lower Juba region.

 He has claimed that the attack killed three al-Shabab commanders and five civilians, including four children. The high-level commander of the al-Shabaab terrorist group added that, "We will avenge the killing of our people no matter how long it takes. This is in a situation where the takfiri group has also been targeting civilians in its terrorist attacks Similarly, several reports by the human rights organization Amnesty International show that the US military continues to kill innocent civilians in its air strikes in Somalia. In addition, a recent study by the Hiraal-based non-governmental organization in Mogadishu pointed out that, the air strikes carried out every day by the United States in Somalia have failed to eradicate or even weaken the terrorist and takfiri group al-Shabaab, and instead have had a negative impact on ordinary citizens.