U.S. Military Kills Top ISIS Leader Along With Nearly A Dozen ISIS Operatives In Africa

The U.S. military executed a high-ranking official. ISIS This week, ISIS operatives were with the leader of an operation in Africa.

A senior administrator told CNN reported that the operation was carried out in a “mountainous cave complex in northern Somalia” ISIS was planning to expand into Africa and the rest of the world.

“Given the remote location of the operation, the assessment is that no civilians were injured or killed,” U.S. Africa Command said Make a statement. “Protecting civilians remains a vital part of the command’s operations to promote greater security for all Africans.”

Lloyd Austin, Secretary of Defense, confirmed that U.S. forces had killed ISIS leader Bilal al-Sudani.

“On January 25, on orders from the President, the U.S. military conducted an assault operation in northern Somalia that resulted in the death of a number of ISIS members, including Bilal-al-Sudani, an ISIS leader in Somalia and a key facilitator for ISIS’s global network,” Austin said. “Al-Sudani was responsible for fostering the growing presence of ISIS in Africa and for funding the group’s operations worldwide, including in Afghanistan.”

The official who CNN spoke to said that U.S. forces wanted to capture al-Sudani alive, but the response from the terrorists ultimately made that impossible, and al-Sudani, along with 1o other terrorists, were killed.

One service member was not injured when he was bitten on the American military canine.

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— US AFRICOM (@USAfricaCommand) January 26, 2023