United State military Bilal Al-Sudani killed a key ISIS facilitator, together with 10 other terrorist operatives in “offensive operation” in Northern Somalia, Washington announced Thursday.
American forces sought capture Sudani during the operation, which was described as taking place in “Mountain cave complex”, but was killed during the ensuing clashes on Wednesday night, a senior White House official He said.
Al-Sudani was previously placed under US sanctions in 2012 when he was affiliated with Somali al-Shabaab terrorist groupwhich included “helping foreign fighters travel to a youth training camp and facilitating financing for Foreign violent extremists in Somalia.”
It is believed to have “supported the expansion and activities of ISIS throughout Africa and beyond the continent”, including the “lethal” branch of ISIS Khorasan. in Afghanistan.
planning for Raid took place over Several months and several Americans participated government agencies, according to the White House official. The Pentagon briefed President Joe Biden on this on the operation last week and commander-inAchievement signature off on earlier this week.
Through this process and others, President Biden made It’s very clear We are committed to finding and eliminating terrorist threats to the United States and America people Wherever they are hiding, it doesn’t matter how remote,” the official He said.
The United States and our allies and partners are safer today result of This operation yesterday, the president will continue to take whatever is necessary steps To protect the United States and its interests around world terrorist threats, wherever they are.” added.
no us military personnel killed, however one One service member was wounded by an American military dog. According to the officials, there were no civilians killed or injured.
In November last yearThe US Central Command confirmed the United States military forces in Northwestern Syria, Abu al-Hasan al-Hashimi al-Quraishi was killed in the previous month. who At that time he was the leader of the terrorist group.
Later , group The official spokesman chose Abu al-Hussain al-Husayni al-Quraishi to replace him announcedwithout going into details.
Somalia population of Almost 16 million people I was subjected to terrorist attacks and other acts of Henf for years, especially by the terrorist youth militia.
ISIS announced Abu al-Hasan al-Hashimi al-Quraishi in his name new Leader in March 2022 after death of Her predecessor, Abu Ibrahim al-Hashemi al-Quraishi.
The last was Qureshi brother of slaughtered former ISIS head Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, according to Iraqi security officials and one Western security source.
Al-Quraishi and Al-Baghdadi both died by detonating themselves and their Baghdadi family Individuals up during the American raids on their hideouts in Northern Syria.
ISIS terrorist group I got out of the mess of Civil war in neighboring Syria last contract f took over vast spaces of Iraq and Syria in 2014.
Al-Baghdadi declared from a mosque the establishment of the “caliphate” in Northern Iraq city of connector it year He proclaimed himself “caliph”. of All Muslims.
ISIS is a brutal rule, during which it killed and executed thousands of people in The name of perverted interpretation of Religion is over in At the Iraqi Mosul and international The troops were defeated group there in 2017.
The remaining thousands of Mostly armed hidden out in remote province in Recent years but still able to bear out Great rebel style attacks.
