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March 29, 2018       Share:    

Source: https://www.longwarjournal.org/archives/2018/03/american-forces-kill-senior-al-qaeda-leader-in-libya.php

American Forces Kill Senior Al-Qaeda Leader in Libya

(Long War Journal) Bill Roggio and Alexandra Gutowski - The U.S. military killed Musa Abu Dawud, a high-ranking al-Qaeda leader in Libya, in an airstrike on March 24. The State Department said Dawud was "appointed commander of the southern zone for AQIM [Al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb] in 2012," and was "responsible for multiple terrorist attacks" in Algeria and Tunisia.

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