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US military kills senior Islamic State official in Somalia
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The operation carried out on Wednesday targeted Bilal al-Sudani, a key financial facilitator for the global terrorist organization, in a mountainous cave complex.
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U.S. special operations forces have killed a senior Islamic State group official and 10 other terrorist operatives in remote northern Somalia, senior Biden administration officials announced Thursday.
The operation carried out on Wednesday targeted Bilal al-Sudani, a key financial facilitator for the global terrorist organization, in a mountainous cave complex.
The U.S. military killed a key ISIS facilitator Bilal al-Sudani and about10 ISIS operatives in a counterterrorism mission that saw no casualties among American service members or civilians.
U.S. Special Operations forces killed senior Islamic State leader Bilal al-Sudani during a raid of a mountainous cave complex in northern Somalia, senior Biden administration officials confirmed on Thursday.
A special forces raid Wednesday night in northern Somalia resulted in the death of ISIS operator and facilitator Bilal al-Sudani and about 10 of his ISIS associates.
By Haley Britzky and Sam Fossum, CNN A US military operation killed a senior ISIS leader and 10 members of the terror group in northern Somalia on Wednesday, two senior Biden administration officials said on Thursday.
A US military raid in Somalia ordered by President Joe Biden killed a key regional leader of the Islamic State group, Bilal al-Sudani, US officials said Thursday.
U.S. special operations forces have killed a senior Islamic State group official and 10 other terrorist operatives in remote northern Somalia, the Pentagon says.