U.S. Places Five Somali Al-Shabaab Commanders on Terror List Somalia
The U.S. State Department has named five mid-level commanders and multiple junior finance officers of the Somali militant group Al-Shabaab, global terrorists. The U.S. reported that Al-Shabaab generates an estimated U.S.$100 million annually that is collected through illicit taxations, mandatory donations and extortions.
Also sanctioned are Ali Yare, Mohamed Dauud Gaabane, and Suleiman Abdi Daoud - all finance emirs in separate towns and villages in Lower Shabelle - possibly Al-Shabaab's most lucrative region, through which many vehicles carrying commercial goods from Mogadishu, pass. The most notable three among this group are Al-Shabaab's shadow Governor of the Juba region, Mohamed Abdullahi Hirey, also known as Abu Abdalla; the region's militant commander Ahmed Kabadhe; and Mohamed Ali, a company commander the U.S. says oversees 100 fighters.
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