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2014-09-03 Africa Horn

US Drone Attack On Al Shabaab Senior Leaders

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Posted by trailing wife 2014-09-03 00:00|| || Front Page|| [3 views ] Top
File under: al-Shabaab

#1 Ahmed Abdi Godane: Somali terror leader behind Kenya shopping mall massacre. The US state department lists Godane as one of the world’s eight top terror fugitives, with a US$7-million reward for information on him, the third-highest level of bounty offered by Washington. Godane’s leadership has seen Al Shabab gunmen carrying out high profile attacks, both at home in Somalia as well as Djibouti, Kenya and Uganda – all contributing nations to the African Union force who are fighting the jiahadists.

Godane, 37, who reportedly trained in Afghanistan with the Taliban, took over the leadership of the Shebab in 2008 after then chief Adan Hashi Ayro was killed by a US missile strike.

48 hour rule and take everything from a Somali official with a grain of salt, but still...

A senior Somali security official echoed the comment. "We believe that the Shebab leader is dead, though we don't have his body. Most probably he is dead," said the official, who also spoke on condition of anonymity.

Posted by mossomo 2014-09-03 13:30|| 2014-09-03 13:30|| Front Page Top

#2 Thank you, mossomo. Very good to know.

And even if they didn't get him, they got a bunch of Number Twos, without whom the Number One doesn't work nearly as effectively.

Posted by trailing wife 2014-09-03 14:36|| 2014-09-03 14:36|| Front Page Top

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