Assertion by Secretary of Protection Lloyd J. Austin III
On January 25, on orders from the President, the U.S. navy performed an assault operation in northern Somalia that resulted within the demise of numerous ISIS members, together with Bilal-al-Sudani, an ISIS chief in Somalia and a key facilitator for ISIS’s international community.  Al-Sudani was liable for fostering the rising presence of ISIS in Africa and for funding the group’s operations worldwide, together with in Afghanistan.  This motion leaves the US and its companions safer and safer, and it displays our steadfast dedication to defending People from the specter of terrorism at house and overseas.  No civilians had been harmed on account of this operation.  We’re grateful to our extraordinary service members in addition to our intelligence group and different interagency companions for his or her assist to this profitable counterterrorism operation.
