Insha’Allah; American jihadist may be dead

The Associated Press reports that the rapping al-Shabbab jihadist from Alabama Omar Hammami might have been killed by his own folks. Al Shabbab is an al Qaeda-linked group operating in Somalia.

Reports of Hammami’s death crop up every few months in Somalia, only for him to resurface alive and well a short while later. A U.S. terrorism expert who closely follows the inner workings of Somalia’s al-Qaida-linked terror group says he thinks that the current reports of the death are accurate.

“I think it’s very likely true based on the sources I am seeing,” said J.M. Berger, who runs the website Intelwire.com.

Militants did not immediately present proof of Hammami’s death.

A member of al-Shabab who gave his name as Sheik Abu Mohammed told The Associated Press that Hammami was killed in an ambush in Somalia’s southern Bay region. Mohammed said some of his associates carried out the killing.

Insha’Allah, I guess we can only hope that the news is true this time. There was a $5 million price tag on his head so I wonder if we’ll be paying al-Shabbab the reward.

Updated: 12H sends us a BBC link that reports that a Brit Shabbab might have gone to Allah, too, Insha’Allah;

Two top Islamist militants, from the US and UK, have been killed in Somalia after falling out with al-Shabab, witnesses have told the BBC.

Omar Hammami, known as al-Amriki, and Osama al-Britani, a British citizen of Pakistani origin, are said to have died in an early-morning attack in a village south-west of the capital, Mogadishu.

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