Pentagon: Al-Shabab's Garaar Killed by Drone Strike in Somalia

A U.S. drone strike in southern Somalia last week killed a leader of the Islamist militant group al-Shabab, the Pentagon confirmed on Wednesday. The airstrike on March 12 hit a car carrying Adan Garaar, a top official in al-Shabab's security service, the Amniyat, as reported by VOA the day of the attack.   The Pentagon says Garaar had worked for al-Shabab's intelligence wing and was connected to the 2013 attack on the Westgate Mall attack in Nairobi, Kenya, as first...

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