US Drone Strike Kills Top Al-Shabab Assassin in Somalia

An attack by an unmanned U.S. aircraft in Somalia has killed a senior member of the al-Shabab militant group, a U.S. official with knowledge of the operation said Friday. The victim of the U.S. drone attack, Hassan Ali Dhore, led a team of al-Shabab assassins, according to Somali officials. He was named by the Somali government last year on a "most-wanted" list of 12 al-Shabab members involved in terror attacks in Mogadishu. At the Pentagon, press secretary Peter Cook...

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