Al Qaida Archives - Jean-Jacques Cornish https://jjcornish.com/tag/al-qaida/ The low down on African affairs Tue, 07 Apr 2020 22:00:00 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.5 https://i0.wp.com/jjcornish.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/cropped-Fountain_Pen_favicon-812.png?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 Al Qaida Archives - Jean-Jacques Cornish https://jjcornish.com/tag/al-qaida/ 32 32 US drone kills Al Shabaab founder https://jjcornish.com/2020/04/us-drone-kills-al-shabaab-founder/ Tue, 07 Apr 2020 22:00:00 +0000 https://jjcornish.com/2020/04/us-drone-kills-al-shabaab-founder/ The US Africa Command says it has killed a found member of the Al Shabaab terror group in Somalia. He’s named as Yusuf Jiis, who’s described by US military official as a brutal and ruthless killer. US Africa Command leader General Stephen Townsend says they were considering a pause in operations during the fight against […]

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]]> The US Africa Command says it has killed a found member of the Al Shabaab terror group in Somalia.

He’s named as Yusuf Jiis, who’s described by US military official as a brutal and ruthless killer.

US Africa Command leader General Stephen Townsend says they were considering a pause in operations during the fight against the COVID 19 pandemic.

But since Al Shabaab and Al Qaida saw the international medical emergency as an opportunity, he felt the need to strike.

He says Yusuf Jiis was responsible for attacks both inside and outside Somalia.

US drone strikes against Islamist terror groups have increased since Donald Trump moved into the White House.

There’s been no confirmation of Yiis; death from Al Shabaab who appears to have someone waiting in the wings for any of its leaders who fall prey to US military drones.

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