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The U.S. announced May 31 that it killed three militants in a Somalia airstrike. Officials now say the target was ISIS leader Abdulqadir Mumin, but also say they aren’t certain he is dead.

The U.S. military targeted the global leader of ISIS in an airstrike in Somalia late last month but cannot confirm whether he was killed, three U.S. officials say.

The U.S. government has publicly identified Abdulqadir Mumin as the head of the ISIS affiliate in Somalia, but two U.S. officials say that last year he quietly became the worldwide leader of the terror group.

U.S. Africa Command released a statement on May 31 saying it had conducted an airstrike against ISIS militants in a remote area 81 km (50 miles) southeast of Bosaso, Somalia, and killed three militants. The AFRICOM statement did not say whom the U.S. was targeting, however, or who was killed. AFRICOM reported that no civilians were killed in the strike.

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[–] [email protected] 13 points 2 months ago (2 children)
[–] [email protected] 12 points 2 months ago

The color? No, I'm pretty sure it's a Henna-based dye.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 months ago

No wonder the planes were able to spot him

[–] [email protected] 12 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

Ladies and Gentlemen... We maybe possibly got him but we're not sure.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 months ago

Awkward crab shuffling commences

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 months ago

This is the best summary I could come up with:


The U.S. military targeted the global leader of ISIS in an airstrike in Somalia late last month but cannot confirm whether he was killed, three U.S. officials say.

The U.S. government has publicly identified Abdulqadir Mumin as the head of the ISIS affiliate in Somalia, but two U.S. officials say that last year he quietly became the worldwide leader of the terror group.

ISIS still has thousands of fighters worldwide, primarily in northern Iraq and northeastern Syria, according to U.S. intelligence agencies.

The official said ISIS militants in Somalia operate more effectively in certain ways than other terror networks that are active in the country, including evading the FBI and Interpol and sharing their tactics, techniques and procedures with one another, like financing.

The U.S. says Mumin is responsible for deadly attacks throughout Somalia over the past decade, including the 2019 assassination of a judicial official in his home and the 2016 capture and monthslong occupation of a city in the Puntland region.

The previous two global chiefs of ISIS, including its best-known leader, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, had killed themselves when they were cornered during U.S. military raids.


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[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago

looking forward to next months headline when they kill another global leader of ISIS or Taliban or Al-Quaida or whoever the current fad is. Weird that terrorism only ever became more over time. Almost as if that is the actual strategic goal.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago

Is Mumin a psuedonym or his real birth name? Wikipedia says "mumin" means "believer" whereas "muslim" means submitter. I'm wondering if this is a caste-based naming system.

[–] [email protected] -5 points 2 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 17 points 2 months ago (1 children)

You want proof that they aren't sure he's dead?

[–] [email protected] 11 points 2 months ago

Right? That’s some Mr. Blonde shit right there. “Either he's alive, or he's dead, or the cops got him, or they don't.”