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U.S. kills al-Shabab commander in Somalia

By Jamie McIntyre
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U.S. kills al-Shabab commander in Somalia

The Pentagon says a senior military commander for al Shabab was likely killed last Friday in a U.S. drone strike in south-central Somalia.

A statement from Pentagon press secretary Peter Cook called Abdullahi Haji Da’ud, “one of al Shabab’s most senior military planners” and “principal coordinator” of al Shabab’s militia attacks in Somalia, Kenya and Uganda.

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