Dramatic new video shows the moment US military bombed a cave complex in Somalia obliterating a senior ISIS “attack planner” and several other militants on Saturday.
The Feb. 1 precision airstrikes — ordered by President Trump and launched in coordination with the Somalian government and US Africa Command — took out several terrorists who, according to Trump, had threatened the US and its allies.
“The strikes destroyed the caves they live in, and killed many terrorists without, in any way, harming civilians,” Trump wrote in a post on X accompanying unclassified video of the strikes.
“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!” the president said, taking a victory lap.
US Africa Command confirmed that no civilians were killed or injured in a press release, adding that “protecting civilians remains a vital part of the command’s operations to promote a more secure and stable Africa.”
The video shows a point-of-view perspective from inside an American bomber, with green crosshairs fixed on what appears to be a dry, hilly patch of land.
Seconds later, the blinding flash of a bomb goes off, kicking up sparks and a massive mushroom cloud, which can be seen in the clip from several other angles, illuminated by subsequent bomb explosions.
Trump concluded his missive about the attack by putting other would-be terrorists on notice.
“The message to ISIS and all others who would attack Americans is that ‘WE WILL FIND YOU, AND WE WILL KILL YOU!’”
