{"id":18798,"date":"2019-11-20T21:29:16","date_gmt":"2019-11-20T21:29:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/armytimes\/uncategorized\/2019\/11\/20\/us-military-drone-strike-kills-senior-al-shabab-official\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T06:02:07","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T06:02:07","slug":"us-military-drone-strike-kills-senior-al-shabab-official","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/armytimes\/flashpoints\/2019\/11\/20\/us-military-drone-strike-kills-senior-al-shabab-official\/","title":{"rendered":"US military drone strike kills senior al-Shabab official"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">MOGADISHU, Somalia \u2014 A Somali intelligence official says a U.S. drone strike has killed a senior officer with the al-Shabab extremist group.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The official says the unidentified officer had maintained links with foreign extremist groups with the aim of coordinating future attacks. 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