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US soldiers kills Islamic State Somalia leader in cave complex

US soldiers kills Islamic State Somalia leader in cave complex

US soldiers kills Islamic State Somalia leader in cave complex

US soldiers kills Islamic State Somalia leader in cave complex

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  • US soldiers reportedly kill 10 of Bilal al-operatives Sudani’s.
  • Mr. Austin stated that he is also accused of funding the group’s operations around the world.
  • Al-Sudani was responsible for fostering the growing presence of ISIS in Africa.
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US soldiers reportedly killed 10 of Bilal al-operatives Sudani’s and an Islamic State senior in northern Somalia, according to American officials.

After US special forces assaulted a remote mountainside cave complex in an effort to seize him, he was slain.

“Al-Sudani was responsible for fostering the growing presence of ISIS in Africa,” Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said.

Mr. Austin stated that he is also accused of funding the group’s operations around the world.

Analysts claim that Sudani’s importance may be shown in the fact that US troops were dispatched on President Joe Biden’s orders to kill or arrest him rather than conduct a less hazardous drone operation.

Although the nature of the mission is still unknown, the soldiers were flown in via helicopter, according to the New York Times, and a battle ensued during which Sudani was killed.

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President Biden redirected hundreds of US troops to the nation after his predecessor, Donald Trump, ordered their withdrawal before the operation.

But according to reports, those personnel are not engaged in combat but rather are there to teach Somali fighters.

According to reports, the Islamic State organization has recently increased its operations in a number of African nations, including Mozambique and the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

Although it controls several southern areas, the al-Qaeda-linked force al-Shabab is significantly more prevalent in Somalia than the Islamic State, which is a very minor organization.

Sudani is said to have assisted in fighter training for al-Shabab before to joining the Islamic State.

According to an anonymous US official who spoke to the news agency, he is accused of having a “financial function with specific talents that made him a significant target for US counterterrorism action.”

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It is alleged that months were spent planning the operation to target Sudani.

According to the Voice of America news website, Somalia has applauded the death of the Sudanese.

“It’s a very positive and welcoming,” said Somali government security adviser Hussein Sheikh Ali.

He stressed that Islamic State was not as big a threat as al-Shabab in Somalia, but that Sudani was “dangerous”.

“The message is, that the leaders of all terror groups in Somalia are not safe,” he continued.

With 32 attacks reported in 2022, largely in the capital of Mogadishu, IS Somalia is one of the organization’s lesser branches.

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According to a UN report from the previous year, there are between 200 and 280 Islamic State fighters in Somalia, and the nation serves as a significant base for funding IS operations in Iraq and the Levant.

A rare propaganda video from IS’s Somalia branch that depicted combat footage of fighting with Somali soldiers in a hilly area in the northeastern Bari region was just published last week.

The raid occurs less than a week after the US said that 30 al-Shabab extremists had been killed in a drone strike.

Pro-government soldiers in Somalia have made strides against al-Shabab recently.

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