US airstrike kills extremist al-Shabab leader: ‘Thorn removed from the Somali nation’
(Worthy News) – The U.S. military carried out an airstrike on an al-Shabaab militant network over the weekend in Somalia that killed a leader of the extremist group, U.S. Africa Command and the Somali government said on Monday.
The strike on Saturday took out Abdullahi Nadir, who had a $3 million bounty on his head and was inline to replace al-Shabaab’s leader.
“His death is a thorn removed from the Somali nation, and the Somali people will be relieved from his misguidance and horrific acts,” the Somali government said in a statement. [ Source: Fox News (Read More…) ]
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