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Shabaab Leader 'Presumed Killed' in U.S. Strikes in Somalia
[An Nahar] A Shabaab military leader in Somalia is "presumed killed" following recent U.S. air strikes, Pentagon officials said Wednesday.

The Arclight airstrike carried out on May 27 targeted top Shabaab military commander Abdullahi Haji Da'ud, Pentagon front man Peter Cook told news hounds.

Another U.S. official told news hounds in Washington that the senior Shabaab turban is believed to have been killed in the attack.

"Da'ud was one of Shabaab's most senior military planners and served as a principal coordinator of (the group's) militia attacks in Somalia, Kenya, and Uganda," Cook told news hounds in San Diego.

The Shabaab -- a group fighting to overthrow the internationally backed government in Mogadishu -- has also vowed retribution against "Western crusaders" who it says are guilty of offenses against Muslims in Somalia.
Posted by: Fred 2016-06-02
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