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2024-04-09 Africa Horn
The elite Danab Special Forces killed a senior Al-Shabaab commander in Somalia
[Garowe] The elite Danab Special Forces killed a senior al-Shabaab
...... al-Qaeda's tentacle in East Africa...
commander in Somalia over the weekend, officials said, making a significant run in the fight against the forces of Evil who have grounded the country's struggling economy for the last two decades.

Al-Shabaab has been fighting to topple the fragile UN-backed federal government of Somalia but efforts by multi-agency security teams have managed to stabilize the country, although several villages are still under the control of the holy warriors.

According to reports, an operation in Lower Shabelle left a senior commander of the group dead in what the military referred as to an 'important' milestone in the fight against the group. Several members of the group were also killed, officials said.

The operation took place at Hanti Wadag and the leader identified as Zubeir was killed during the confrontation. Zubeir was the senior security chief of the group, in charge of operations, the government reported without giving finer details.

According to the government, the Danab commandos also destroyed the group's positions in the area, vowing to continue such operations against the al-Shabaab group. The government is still pursuing forces of Evil who may have fled from the scene, authorities revealed.

The Somali National Army has been conducting raids across the country targeting al-Shabaab forces of Evil who control large swathes of rural central and southern regions. The operations in these regions have left thousands of the forces of Evil dead.

According to reports, the government troops with assistance from the US Africa Command and the African Union
...a union consisting of 53 African states, most run by dictators of one flavor or another. The only all-African state not in the AU is Morocco. Established in 2002, the AU is the successor to the Organisation of African Unity (OAU), which was even less successful...
Transition Mission in Somalia (ATMIS) have managed to kill over 4,000 al-Shabaab forces of Evil in the last three years.
Posted by trailing wife 2024-04-09 03:28|| || Front Page|| [11146 views ]  Top
 File under: al-Shabaab (AQ) 

#1 for the last two decades

Ah, the Al-Qaeda/AFG model
Posted by Skidmark 2024-04-09 14:26||   2024-04-09 14:26|| Front Page Top

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