Mirror.png British troops arrive in Somalia Aine Fox, The Mirror, London, 2 May 2016 British soldiers have arrived in Somalia "as part of efforts to tackle the threat from Islamist militants." The troops, the first of up to 70 set to be deployed there this year, are part of a UN peacekeeping mission to counter extremist group al Shabab. The military personnel, from Force Troop Command, 1 Div and Field Army training, will offer medical, engineering and logistical support to the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM). The move reinforces the UK's commitment to targeting terrorism around the world, said Defence Secretary Michael Fallon. Michael Fallon.jpg He added: "This deployment is another demonstration of the flexibility and global reach of our Armed Forces. "Alongside our efforts in Iraq, Syria and Nigeria, it shows our determination to tackle terrorism wherever it rears its head." More in Sudan Announcing the deployment in September as he prepared to attend a summit at the UN General Assembly in New York, David Cameron said "all the right force protection arrangements" would be put in place to minimise the risk of harm. The Prime Minister also announced personnel would be deploying to South Sudan, where inter-tribal fighting has forced people from their homes and left millions facing a severe food shortage, to provide engineering work to strengthen infrastructure. From: <http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/british-troops-arrive-somalia-tackle-7 881794> http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/british-troops-arrive-somalia-tackle-78 81794 -- -- You are subscribed. This footer can help you. Please POST your comments to [email protected] or reply to this message. You can visit the group WEB SITE at http://groups.google.com/group/yclsa-eom-forum for different delivery options, pages, files and membership. To UNSUBSCRIBE, please email [email protected] . You don't have to put anything in the "Subject:" field. You don't have to put anything in the message part. All you have to do is to send an e-mail to this address (repeat): [email protected] . --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "YCLSA Discussion Forum" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
