Brief
- Al Shabaab terrorists killed in latest United States (US) Airstrike in Jilib vicinity
- Recent airstrike is the third in the same vicinity in a week’s span
- This is the latest crackdown on al Shabaab since the Manda Bay attack in Lamu at the beginning of the year.
A United States airstrike has reportedly killed one al Shabaab terrorist in the Jilib vicinity an area that has become a theatre for al Shabaab activities and subsequent US airstrikes targeting the terrorists.
Preliminary BDA revealed that the slain terrorist whose identity is yet to be release is quite instrumental in the operations of al Shabaab in its stronghold of Jilib.
According to U.S. Army Maj. Gen. William Gayler, director of operations, U.S. Africa Command, the killing of even one terrorist is as crucial as the neutralization of many. This was in defense and response to recent critics that feel the airstrikes are not inflicting maximum casualties as is expected by such operations.
Al Shabaab which has been seemingly changing tactics has moved from using large to smaller and much more mobile units which make it harder to be detected by surveillance drones and as such emphasis and targets by airstrikes have shifted to cover the new looming threat.
