Al-Shabaab Intelligence Head Killed in Drone Strike, U.S. Confirms
The MQ 'Predator' drone or Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) is shown in this undated handout photo from the aircraft's manufacturer, General Atomics.
Getty ImagesA U.S. drone strike in southern Somalia killed the intelligence chief of the Islamist militant group al-Shabaab three months after a similar attack eliminated the leader of the group linked to al-Qaeda, the Pentagon said.
The U.S. Defense Department in a statement today confirmed that Abdishakur Tahliil was killed Dec. 29 near Somalia’s southern town of Saakow by unmanned aircraft that fired several Hellfire missiles at a vehicle carrying him. Somalia’s National Intelligence and Security Agency, which reported the killing yesterday, said two other senior officials of the group also died in the attack.