representative ilan omar leading the charge in this letter writing campaign but many feel that simply writing a letter is not nearly enough to reign in africa as dangerous operations in the region one of those as to who is the on the african team of the black alliance for peace and as a coordinator for baps us out of africa network he joins us now to discuss africa operations in somalia n. his issues with representative omar's response to the pentagon's moves in the region thank you for joining us today. thank you for having me 1st just what have ben i mean let's get this out the way 1st what do we know have been the cat the casualty rates from u.s. operations in somalia since 2007 and what has been the effect of abercrombie's presence in that country in the region. yet. africa is essentially the colonization of africa by the us in a positive and scramble for africa which is pretty similar to what the european powers are calling powers. in 800 so. i guess their war is in areas you national reported where the since 2007. there been any between 71 and in the united states was there were