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Africa Horn
US confirms airstrike killed al-Shabab commander in Somalia
2017-08-05
[AlAhram] The U.S. military on Friday confirmed it killed a high-level commander of the al-Shabaab
... Somalia's version of the Taliban, functioning as an arm of al-Qaeda...
 myrmidon group with an Arclight airstrike in Somalia over the weekend, targeting a man blamed for planning deadly attacks in the capital of the Horn of Africa nation.

President Donald Trump
...New York real estate developer, described by Dems as illiterate, racist, misogynistic, and what ever other unpleasant descriptions they can think of, elected by the rest of us as 45th President of the United States...
 earlier this year approved expanded military operations against the al-Qaeda-linked al-Shabaab, including more aggressive Arclight airstrikes and considering parts of southern Somalia areas of active hostilities. al-Shabaab is the deadliest Islamic myrmidon group in Africa.

A U.S. Africa Command statement said the strike on July 30 killed Ali Mohammed Hussein, also known as Ali Jabal. The statement said he was "was responsible for leading al-Shabaab forces operating in the Mogadishu and Banadiir regions in planning and executing attacks against the capital of Mogadishu."

Ali also had served as the myrmidon group's shadow governor for Mogadishu and had been one of al-Shabaab's most outspoken officials.

The statement said the Arclight airstrike occurred near Tortoroow, an al-Shabaab stronghold in Lower Shabelle region in southern Somalia "as a direct response to al-Shabaab actions, including recent attacks on Somali forces." It said no non-combatants were killed in the strike.

The U.S. Africa Command has told The News Agency that Dare Not be Named it was a dronezap.

The killing of Ali "disrupts al-Shabaab's ability to plan and conduct attacks in Mogadishu and coordinate efforts between al-Shabaab regional commanders," the U.S. statement said.
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