US military says senior al Qaeda leader killed in Libya strike

(Worthy News) – The U.S. military has confirmed that a senior leader of an al Qaeda branch in Africa was killed in a U.S. airstrike in Libya on Saturday.

Musa Abu Dawud, a high-ranking al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM) official, was one of two militants killed in the precision strike near Ubari in southwestern Libya, Africa Command (Africom) said in a statement Wednesday.

“Now that operational reporting and the battle damage assessment is fully complete, the command is able to confirm the death of Dawud,” Africom said. [ Source: The Hill (Read More…) ]

The post US military says senior al Qaeda leader killed in Libya strike appeared first on Worthy Christian News.