Elade Kdf Attack, For the period that KDF has been in Somalia, January 15th, 2016 attack on our El Ade camp was the worst and most embarrassing military catastrophe in the recent peace operations. In the video, the group shows how it ambushed Kenyan soldiers with little resistance, using a vehicle loaded with explosives commandeered by a The family of a KDF soldier who was taken hostage during the January 15, 2016, Al Shabab attack at El Adde in Somalia is pleading with the government to help have him freed. The fighting is still going on. The revelation gained attention after a video circulated online showing Ibrahim in a KDF uniform, appealing to the Kenyan government for help in returning home. WARNING: graphic content and video. These troops were relatively unacclimatised to their surroundings. Elade Attack - Page 8 - Politics - Wazua - Forum The Kenya defence forces has formed an elite unit that will be tasked with personnel recovery, as well as search and rescue operations, behind enemy lines. The El-Adde attack remains the deadliest on the mission. New details of El Adde attack: Somali general claims KDF received pre-attack intelligence By Standard Team | Jan. The January 15, 2016 El Adde attack left scores of soldiers dead. The Battle of El Adde took place on 15 January 2016. Initially presumed dead following the attack, Abdulahi Issa Mohamed’s family was issued a death certificate. In the emotional footage, he identified himself as a Kenyan soldier captured during the Al-Shabaab attack on the KDF camp in El Adde on January 15, 2016. This follows a Friday dawn raid by the militants who overran a Somali national army camp in Elade at 4am, forcing KDF troops under AMISOM to counter attack in support of the Somali national army. Three Kenya Defence Forces (KDF) soldiers tragically lost their lives, while several others sustained injuries after their vehicle struck an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) on Tuesday. Yet many of the questions surrounding this attack remain unanswered. The Battle On the morning of January 15, 2016, al-Shabaab fighters attacked and overran an AMISOM forward operating base garrisoned by KDF troops from the 9th Rifle Battalion. The attack was carried out in three waves (a military term used to describe formation of troops) using heavy gunfire that breached one side of Kenyan camp, leaving dozens of soldiers dead and Somalia's Al Shabaab militia group has released a propaganda video capturing the January attack on a Kenya Defence Forces camp in El Adde, Gedo region. As Kenyans continue to piece together events from last Friday’s deadly attack on a Kenya Defence Forces (KDF) camp by Al Shabaab terrorists which left several soldiers dead, scores injured and dozens captured by the enemy, new details have emerged about who exactly may have betrayed our soldiers to terrorists. On the six-month anniversary of the battle at El Adde, this report provides a preliminary analysis of the […] It may be the bloodiest defeat in Kenyan history since independence – but Al-Shabaab’s attack on a military base has been shrouded in mystery. Militants launched attacks using 3 vehicles laden with explosivesMwathethe: The first vehicle rammed through and exploded at the centreVehicles were laden wi New details of El Adde attack: Somali general claims KDF received pre-attack intelligence By Standard Team | Jan. The video also shows a stockpile of military hardware, including vehicles, which the group claims to have seized from the KDF during the attack. The El-Adde camel herders’ decision to This morning, KDF troops operating under AMISOM foiled two al shabaab attacks in the area of Damasa in Gedo region. While initially, most FOBs were secured by dry shrubs supplemented by trips, wires and watchtowers around the camps, KDF introduced deep trenches around all FOBs and manned armored tanks to support the sentries. Officials At least nine Kenya Defence Forces troops were killed when a vehicle they were travelling in was hit by an explosive in Gherille in Gedo in Somalia. The attack was the second one in less then 24 hours following Sunday’s where a four wheel drive car was badly damaged in the same area. PHOTO | NELCON ODHIAMBO | NATION MEDIA GROUP TWO YEARS AFTER EL-ADDE ATTACK: Just why we know so little about worst attack on KDF KTN News Kenya 3. The attack was timed to occur a few weeks after a new rotation of Kenyan troops had arrived at the base. 1 Following several failed rescue attempts, KDF ground troops finally reached the base on January 18th and took full control of the camp the following day. El Adde was the third AMISOM forward operating base overrun by al-Shabaab in seven months at the time. The video opens with Kenyan police officers raiding a mosque in Mombasa, the narrator talking about how Muslims have been oppressed. h1bdg, hcusn, l4ir, euqrd, bb5ue8, ttlo, n4gra, d5n1, xnr2g, fibi,