U.S. Targets Al-Shabaab Leader in Somalia in Air Attack
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U.S. special operations forces targeted the head of the Islamist insurgent group al-Shabaab in southern Somalia, using manned aircraft and drones to destroy an encampment and a vehicle.
The Pentagon was still assessing whether the strike on Sept. 1 killed the targeted leader, Ahmed Abdi Godane, Rear Admiral John Kirby, the Defense Department’s spokesman, said yesterday at a briefing at the Pentagon outside Washington.