05/09/2014
Pentagon confirms militant Shabab leader killed in Somalia airstrike
The Pentagon confirmed Friday that Ahmed Abdi Godane, the leader of Somalia's Al Qaeda-affiliated Shabab militants, was killed in a U.S. airstrike that took place early this week. Godane, 37, was killed Monday after a special-forces strike hit a militant encampment in a town south of the Somali capital, Mogadishu, officials said. The mission illustrated the Pentagon's determination to take down Shabab members responsible for a wave of bombings and suicide attacks throughout the Horn of Africa. Removing Godane from...
