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Somalia: Drone Strike Kills Al-Shabab Militant in Somalia

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13 years ago

October 29, 2013

Kyle Yeldell

[All Africa]

Sources in Somalia say a suspected U.S. drone strike has killed a key operative of the militant group al-Shabab.

Witnesses tell VOA that Ibrahim Ali Abdi, the mastermind of al-Shabab’s suicide missions, was killed Monday when a drone fired three missiles at the car he was traveling in.

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