Donald Trump reveals major attack against ISIS stronghold and slams Biden for 'not acting quickly enough'
President Donald Trump issued a major attack against a senior ISIS attack planner on Saturday, while also slamming former President Joe Biden for 'not acting quickly enough.'
Trump, 78, took to X on Saturday to issue a damning threat to the senior attack planner claiming the American military 'will find and kill' all members of the terrorist group 'who would attack Americans.'
'This morning I ordered precision Military air strikes on the Senior ISIS Attack Planner and other terrorists he recruited and led in Somalia,' he posted.
'These killers, who we found hiding in caves, threatened the United States and our Allies. The strikes destroyed the caves they live in, and killed many terrorists without, in any way, harming civilians' he added.
The 47th president's post also slammed former President Joe Biden and his administration's handling of the terrorist organization.
'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!' he wrote.
Trump did not name any of the people targeted or killed in the strikes, but ended his scathing post, writing: 'The message to ISIS and all others who would attack Americans is that 'WE WILL FIND YOU, AND WE WILL KILL YOU!'
President Donald Trump issued a major attack against a senior ISIS attack planner on Saturday, while also slamming former President Joe Biden for 'not acting quickly enough
Trump, 78, took to X on Saturday to issue a damning threat to the senior attack planner claiming the American military 'will find and kill' all members of the terrorist group 'who would attack Americans'
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth echoed the president's blistering message claiming that multiple individuals were killed in the strike and that no civilians were harmed in the operation - which took place in the Golis mountains in northern Somalia.
'This action further degrades ISIS's ability to plot and conduct terrorist attacks threatening US citizens, our partners, and innocent civilians and sends a clear signal that the United States always stands ready to find and eliminate terrorists who threaten the United States and our allies, even as we conduct robust border-protection and many other operations under President Trump's leadership,' the statement from the Pentagon reads.
Also known as the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria, ISIS is a terrorist organization that emerged from the Iraqi insurgency following the 2003 US invasion of Iraq.
The organization rose to international prominence during the 2010s, particularly in Syria and Iraq, but now its presence is mainly restricted to parts of Africa, BBC reported.
The known terrorist group has since claimed responsibility for several deadly attacks across the world in 2024.
Authorities have noted that the man responsible for the deadly attack in New Orleans on New Year's Day - which saw a crazed ISIS supporter intentionally slam his truck into a crowd of people, killing 14 - was radicalized by ISIS.
However, while the President has issued several warnings to terrorist groups like ISIS, he has also insisted that the country should take a 'hands-off approach' to other foreign crisis.
Trump spoke to the ongoing conflict in Syria following the collapse Bashar al-Assad's brutal regime.
'We're not involved in Syria. Syria's its own mess. They've got enough messes over there. They don't need us involved in every one,' Trump told reporters on Thursday.
The organization rose to international prominence during the 2010s, particularly in Syria and Iraq, but now its presence is mainly restricted to parts of Africa. Pictured: ISIL fighters raising their weapons as they stand on a vehicle mounted with the trademark Jihadists flag at an undisclosed location in the Anbar province
A similar attack took place in 2023 when US forces killed IS leader, Bilal-al-Sudani, and 10 of his operatives in a remote mountainous cave in northern Somalia, an operation ordered by Biden, BBC reported.
The Somali branch of ISIS was formed in 2015 by a group of defectors from the al-Qaeda affiliated al-Shabab group - the largest jihadist group in Somalia.
In Somalia ISIS is notorious for extorting locals and mainly carries out small-scale, sporadic attacks, according to the US Office of the Director of National Intelligence.
This story is developing.
