Today, we were able to take a moment to acknowledge a small victory after we learned that the leader of another terrorist network, al-Shabab, has most likely been killed in a strike.
A U.S. airstrike in Somalia on Thursday targeted a senior leader of al-Shabab, the Pentagon announced Friday.
“While we are still assessing the results of this operation, removing [Hassan Ali] Dhoore from the battlefield would be a significant blow to al-Shabaab’s operational planning and ability to conduct attacks against the government of the Federal Republic of Somalia, its citizens, U.S. partners in the region and against Americans abroad,” Pentagon press secretary Peter Cook said in a written statement.
The airstrike was done in cooperation with the Somali government, according to the statement.
The statement provided no additional details about how the airstrike was carried out.
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