Al-Shabaab has created a parallel government and de facto state within Somalia's borders, maintaining a monopoly on force in the areas it controls.
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Under previous administrations, every proposed strike in Somalia had to move up the chain — from field commanders to the Pentagon to the CIA to the White House — before being approved. This was designed, Gabobe explains, to minimize civilian casualties by ensuring the right person was being targeted. Under Trump's second term, those safeguards no longer exist. Mid-level and low-level commanders have been given a standing green light to strike as they see fit. The result, Gabobe argues, is a dramatic increase in civilian casualties: insurgents live embedded within the local population, making it nearly impossible even for Somalis themselves to distinguish fighters from civilians, let alone a drone operator thousands of miles away.
Under Trump's second term, low-level military commanders have been given authority to launch strikes without White House approval. The result: a farming town in southern Somalia was hit, killing 12 civilians including 8 children.
A US airstrike on the al-Shabaab-controlled farming town of Jimaale in southern Somalia killed 12 civilians, including 8 children.
Kalanick estimates that a decade ago, 90% of media coverage of tech business was negative, treating companies like political targets.
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From 2024 to 2025, violent crime decreased 9%, property crime decreased 12.4%, and motor vehicle theft decreased 23%.
California's Ebony Alert Program, designed for the swift recovery of missing Black youth and women, officially went into effect on January 1, 2024.
Andrew Santino discovered that American tourists now need to pay $20 to apply for an Electronic Travel Authorisation (ETA) to visit the UK, starting January 2025.
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A poll around 2011 found that 16% of Americans believed 9/11 was an inside job, illustrating how viral misinformation had already embedded itself in public opinion before social media peaked.
Andrew Wilson offered Candace Owens $300,000 to debate her Charlie Kirk conspiracy theory, but she refused.
According to the podcast, only 11 people were killed by the coordinated Israeli pager attack on Hezbollah operatives, despite widespread detonations.
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