Statement from Pentagon Press Secretary Peter Cook on Dec. 2 Airstrike in Somalia

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–December 7, 2015.  The Department of Defense confirms that Abdirahman Sandhere, also known as “Ukash,” a senior leader of the al Qaeda-affiliated group al-Shabaab, is dead as a result of a U.S. military airstrike in Somalia undertaken on Dec. 2. Two other al Shabaab-affiliated associates were also killed in the strike that specifically targeted Abdirahman Sandhere.