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| US drone kills al-Shabab leader in Somalia - Pentagon | US drone kills al-Shabab leader in Somalia - Pentagon |
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| The US defence department has confirmed that it has killed an al-Shabab leader, Adan Garar. | The US defence department has confirmed that it has killed an al-Shabab leader, Adan Garar. |
| The Pentagon says the militant was hit by a drone equipped with Hellfire missiles in southern Somalia last Friday. | The Pentagon says the militant was hit by a drone equipped with Hellfire missiles in southern Somalia last Friday. |
| Garar was a suspect in the 2013 Westgate Mall attack in Nairobi that left 67 people dead. | |
| The US believes Garar was overseeing operations that "target US persons and other Western interests". | |
| He was a member of the security and intelligence wing and a "key operative responsible for coordinating al-Shabab's external operations", according to the Pentagon. | |
| The operation took place about 150 miles (240 km) west of Mogadishu near the town of Dinsoor. | |
| Washington has supported an African Union (AU) force, which has driven the fundamentalist group from strongholds across Somalia since 2011. | Washington has supported an African Union (AU) force, which has driven the fundamentalist group from strongholds across Somalia since 2011. |
| The US defence department said in a statement that Garar's death "has dealt another significant blow to the al-Shabab terrorist organisation in Somalia". | The US defence department said in a statement that Garar's death "has dealt another significant blow to the al-Shabab terrorist organisation in Somalia". |
| Hours before the Pentagon confirmed the news, an al-Shabab attack killed four in north-east Kenya. | |
| The militant group has vowed to punish Kenya for its role in the AU force. |