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American jihadi believed killed by al-Shabab in Somalia

When Omar Shafik Hammami was 20 years old, he left Alabama in search of a religious purpose. By 22, he was in Somalia, fighting with al-Shabab. He took the name Abu Mansoor al-Amriki and rose to the level of commander, gaining a spot on the FBI's list of most-wanted terrorists with a $5 million bounty on his head.

On Thursday, at age 29, his journey apparently ended. Amriki -- "the American" -- was gunned down in a southern Somali village in an attack ordered by al-Shabab's top leaders. He had fallen out with that militia in a long and bitter struggle over influence and ideology.

Reports of his death have proven false before, but the reports appear credible this time. Neither the Somali government nor al-Shabab has acknowledged the attack.

Amriki and another foreign fighter, Osama al-Britani, a British citizen of Pakistani origin, were apparently killed in an early morning ambush in a village in southern Somalia. For months, Amriki warned that al-Shabab's leaders were trying to kill him. In April, he tweeted: "Their goal is to kill us regardless of reason."
Posted by: ryuge 2013-09-13

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